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Mechanics 12/22/2024

Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks...

Hello and merry Christmas,

I have a question regarding the drop ball restart as a result of an reversed decision by VAR.

Last year, there was a match between Chelsea and Brighton. Near the end of the match, the cross by Brighton...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/21/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

I'm not sure about the restart location. Isn't it more like where the player was when the assistant referee raised the flag?

I have a situation for that, I will also put VAR in there :-)

Situation:
A lone player in an offsi...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 12/20/2024

Michael Surtees of Edinburgh, UK asks...

When taking a free kick or corner the rule s state the ball is in play when kicked by a player and clearly moves. Is there a definition of clearly moves - must it move a distance of may the circumference of the ball or is a “wobble” sufficient?...

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High School 12/19/2024

Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...

Firstly, thanks for being a great resource to get questions answered.

My son, who is also a referee, shared the following clip with me:

https://youtu.be/qvpYQzOIiFE

We have been discussing it back and forth and so wan...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/17/2024

Ross of Bristol, England asks...

Say the centre back has the ball at his feet, dribbling in the defensive penalty box. There is no pressure on the ball, he is just simply in possession of the ball, making no attempt to pass or do anything with it except dribble in the box.


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Law 11 - Offside 12/16/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

One more simple situation from the weekend round of our league.

An attacker in an offside position runs for a pass. The goalkeeper also runs to the ball. The goalkeeper kicks the ball out of bounds. The attacker is about two meters away fr...

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 12/14/2024

Paul Gyde of Rugeley, Staffordshire, Staffordshire United Kingdom asks...

Goalkeeper goes down, no foul given, ref stops play with the ball going out for an attacking throw in.. The ref restarted the game with a drop ball in favour of the defending team, was this the correct decision? ...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/13/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello

One last thing please.

1. A5 passes the ball. A12 is in offside position. There is no other teammate nearby. A12 runs to the ball. AR raises the flag when A12 is ten meters from the ball. Why is such a player offside? What...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/9/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

I'm not sure. I'd be interested in the criteria. I understand that it's up to the referee to decide. And there are no such things as criteria. I'd almost say that he has to kick him in the head or misses his head by 20 centimeters or less. :-)
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Other 12/9/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

There are 24 official languages in the European Union alone. I see 5 of those languages on the IFAB website. (English, German, French, Spanish, and interestingly, Slovenian. Slovenian is a smaller language than Czech. Czech has about 13 million speak...

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