Originally Posted by osarusan
If we call in the idea of spin, then I guess you could say that it is possible that even if the ball has hit the crossbar and is rebouncing away from the goal, it is possible that the ball is still spinning forward which would allow it to bounce back over the line. So if it hits the keeper first, he may have just stopped the spin from effecting a change in direction. It is surely impossible for a referee to see what spin (if any) the ball has.
on a slightly different point, if this happens during a game (as opposed to a shootout), the goal will stand, but who will be given the goal credit?
I remember in the last European Champ. Rooney had a shot which hit the post, then hit the back of the Swiss keeper`s head on its way away from the goal, and rebounded over the line. I thought it should have been given as an O.G. but he (Rooney) got the goal.
Also, in a Liverpool - Newcastle game this season, Crouch had a header which Given saved onto the post, it then rebounded off the post onto his hand and went over the line. Was considered an own goal, harsh I thought, as without his intervention it would have been a goal anyway.