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Penalties will no longer be automatically retaken if the goalkeeper infringes in the build-up to a spot-kick, under new law changes to be implemented when UEFA competitions resume this week.

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Under the law amendments, introduced by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), a goalkeeper's offence must "clearly affect" the penalty-taker for a spot-kick to be retaken if missed.

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And now any first goalkeeping infringement at a penalty will be met with a warning, with a yellow card only issued for repeated issues.

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"In particular when the goalkeeper saves the kick (by encroaching), it’s not a caution for the first offence, but (the keeper) must be cautioned for any further offence," UEFA chief refereeing officer Roberto Rosetti said.

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"Most goalkeeper encroachment results from a misanticipation from the goalkeeper and small offences are now detected more with the technology, with the video assistant referee."

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The tweaks came into effect on 1 June, the official start of football’s 2020/21 international season, and will be adopted for the remainder of the 2019/20 Champions League, Europa League, Women’s Champions League and UEFA Youth League.

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In another law change, yellow cards will no longer be carried forward into penalty shootouts.

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"According to IFAB and according to the laws of the game, the kicks from the penalty mark are not part of the match – it’s just a way to determine the winner of the match," Rosetti said.

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"So, (previously) if the goalkeeper had a yellow card from the match – from the match or from extra time – and then encroached in the kicks from the penalty mark, of course, then he must be sent off.

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"This would be more likely to occur now with VAR, and the goalkeeper can be penalised more than other players. We think that this is a good, important change."

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The amendment to the rule comes a couple of years too late for Ireland's Under-17 team, who exited the 2018 European Championships when goalkeeper Jimmy Corcoran saw red for encroaching against the Netherlands in a penalty shootout at the quarter-final stage of the tournament. 

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