[DOGSO] The referee judges a goalkeeper's foul that left the goal empty

The goalkeeper committed the offence outside the penalty area, and the referee read the situation accurately to identify DOGSO. This was an excellent decision. The key question is whether this offence was DOGSO. The Laws of the Game list four considerations for DOGSO. The following must be considered: ====== distance between the offence and the goal general direction of the play likelihood of keeping or gaining control of the ball location and number of defenders and attackers ====== As a starting point, a one-on-one with the goalkeeper is regarded as an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. For example, if the last defending player fouls an attacking player running in behind and so prevents a one-on-one with the goalkeeper, this is denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. In this incident, the footage shows that the general direction of play of the attacking player who had broken through was drifting slightly from in front of goal towards the right. However, the goalkeeper had come out beyond the penalty area to commit the offence, leaving the goal behind completely empty. An empty goal can in itself be judged an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Weighing all of this together, the referee sent the goalkeeper off for DOGSO. It was a very reasonable decision.