When would the refree call a penalty kick?

Answer 1

A defender committing an indirect free kick offense would do it.

Indirect free kicks are not promoted to penalty kicks when inside the penalty area.

There are 8 offenses that can result in an indirect free kick:

• goal keeper controls the ball with his hands for more than six seconds before releasing it from his possession
• goal keeper touches the ball again with his hands after he has released it from his possession and before it has touched another player
• goal keeper touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate
• goal keeper touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate
• plays in a dangerous manner
• impedes the progress of an opponent
• prevents the goal keeper from releasing the ball from his hands
• commits any other offense for which play is stopped to caution or send off a player