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Does it meet the criteria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sWpcQ3F_hk&t=32s

Should this ball be considered SCORED? Should 3058 get credit for POSSESSION in the blue zone?

For some context: 3058 was having drivetrain problems, and could only move very slowly, and very vaguely in the direction they intended to go, and sometimes not even that. Fortunately for us, they had mecanum wheels, so we could easily push their side and "help" them put the ball into the goal. 3058 was credited the third ASSIST, and our next cycle started immediately, which meant that the ball was considered SCORED.

After the match, I was fairly convinced that this move should not have credited 3058 the third ASSIST, but should have still been scored as a double ASSIST. Fortunately, the call either way would almost certainly not have effected the outcome of the match.

Looking back though, I guess 3058's move could be considered herding, even though they did not propel themselves. This is an incredibly shaky argument though, and I certainly don't think that, had the call gone the other way, I could convince the head referee that they were herding.