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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/25/2022

Bee Ess of Nottingham , Notts United Kingdom asks...

In the EPL, a player will get a yellow card for jumping into the crowd celebrating. Why do the other players, who didn’t score but still celebrate by jumping over the advertising hoardings with the scorer, not get booked?...

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High School 1/22/2022

Truitt of Phelan, Californua Usa asks...

Our league only uses one referee no line judges. Normally fine but in yesterdays game the ball was clearly out of bounds by more than 6 feet. Everyone was yelling it’s out of bounds way out. The kids basically stopped but the referee never called it ...

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Other 1/19/2022

Peter Babbage of Hjorring, Denmark asks...

Having just watched the Leicester v Spurs match I’m a little confused.
Having only just received a yellow card Bergwyn after scoring his 2nd goal not only left the field of play but went into the crowd.
Surely this was a crowd safety issue ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/17/2022

Archie of Glasgow , Glasgow Scotland asks...

When taking a short free kick does the ball have to travel it’s circumference before another player touches it?
In Manchester Utd’s game against Aston Villa on 16th January 2022 Bruno Fernandez’s first goal came from a quickly taken short free k...

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Law 5 - The Referee 1/14/2022

Jason of Lacrosse, WI USA asks...

Did you guys catch the Fiorentina-Napoli Coppa game this week? There was an incident where a defender committed a tactical foul, which was his second caution of the game. The ref seemingly made a huge blunder (for this level) stopping a 3v1 to issue ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/9/2022

Solomon Omowele of Johannesburg , Gauteng South Africa asks...

Are all fouls on the penalty box a penalty?...

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Mechanics 1/4/2022

Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks...

Hello,

As far as I know, VAR cannot get involved unless there is a situation related to to a goal, penalty, direct red card or a mistaken identity. However, does the central referee have the freedom to consult the video assistant referee f...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 1/2/2022

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

One additional question, please.

Advice To Referees says:

The ball is in play on a throw-in when the ball:
1) touches the plane of the touchline and
2) leaves the thrower’s hands.

In our case, point 1) is no...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 1/2/2022

Michael Ponting of Corby, England asks...

Have the throw in rules changed , the reason for the question is a throw in should be taken at the point the ball left the field of play however in a game today a throw was taken 25 yards from where it should be taken , the ref blew for the three bei...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 12/31/2021

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

Hello,

one 'throw-in procedure' question, please.

Scenario:
Ball leaves player's hands and enters the field. Shortly afterwards, the player completes the movement and raises his foot into the air. Is it illegal?

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