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Law 3 - The Players 1/27/2025

Brian Murphy of Stafford, VA USA asks...

A team is given a RED Card, but the team does not play a man down, and then scores a PK. Can the Ref take away the goal once he/she realizes the team that got the Red card and just scored did not go down a man?...

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Mechanics 1/27/2025

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

Hello

One mechanics question please.

Can the assistant referee intervene of his own free will if a player has the ball in the wrong place at the restart? (The rules state that he has this duty for corner kicks). Or more generall...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/27/2025

Damianos of Athens, Attiki Greece asks...

I have a more general question regarding how untouchable is a Goalkeeper.

The last couple of matches in the greek league, there were incidents that to me are confusing. Weirdly the same goalkeeper is involved.

The fisrt case, th...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/22/2025

Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...

Hi, I managed to find the video. The commission did not dispute the verdict.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNgTHEXCzGI

Thank you, Zluvka...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/20/2025

Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...

Hi, this was the situation in our league.

A player made a through pass. A teammate ran after the pass. The defender fouled him. The ball was 5 meters away from the player at that moment. Otherwise, the player would have gone to the goal h...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/19/2025

Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...

Hi, it's simple. The referee whistles a foul. He awards RC for DOGSO. VAR sees that the fouled player was in an offside position (not offside). How will VAR deal with it? Will VAR intervene? VAR probably should. What will the restart be like? Probabl...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/17/2025

Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...

Hi, how would this hypothetical situation be handled if the player was only in an offside position and not in an offside position? I mean the solution via VAR. Thank you, Zluvka...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/16/2025

Stewart of Livermore, California United States asks...

Say a ball last touched by an attacker roles slowly towards the goalkeeper, with nobody nearby. The goalkeeper bends down and easily stops the ball with their hands inside the penalty area and away from the goal. After a few seconds the keeper then b...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/16/2025

Tristan Zhang of Beijing, Beijing China asks...

Dear sirs:
I am a little bit confused by a part of Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct which says
'An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area,
commits any of the following offences:
touches the ball ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/13/2025

Jose of Chicago, Illinois USA asks...

Can you clarify how the LOTG address the interaction between an attacking player and a GK on a corner kick? In two recent examples, a player placed his body in front of the GK, during a CK, the ball enters the goal, and one ref disallows the goal cal...

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