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I altered my original post before I saw yours, because I realised I'd worded it poorly in light of there apparently being an on-field decision of handball. But I would agree that (again, based on the clips I've seen, including a much longer one than this) there doesn't seem to be any sign of the...

The VAR caption at the bottom of the screen says, "VAR check over." Isn't that what it normally says when the check shows that no offence has been committed? For instance, in the Roma vs Lille game, the VAR caption showed us each time, what the thrice-retaken penalty was retaken for (i.e. what...

I'm not sure it's quite accurate to say that the most recent guidance is from 2022. The most recent guidance is from this year's laws, which contain the almost exact same wording as the 2022 document you refer to. The only difference is that they've added the words "(excluding deliberate...

The thing is though, if the the player's injury is serious, the physio or medic needs to do an assessment first, to see whether it's safe for the player to be moved. And the distinction between assessment and treatment can be a bit blurry. So yes, players often do get treatment along with, or...

It was only clear to me after watching the video a couple of times, that it was thrown from the crowd. However from the referee's viewpoint it may well have seemed to come from the technical area. So if the referee decided that was where it came from and that it was either thrown by the manager...

The hardest couple of football matches my team ever took part in were both played on pitches made of crushed brick, rubble and concrete, we won 3-2 on aggregate.

Oh, I don't know about that - I'd say it is relatively difficult to find. I think I'm fairly good at finding things on the internet and I wasn't aware of any of the guidance until I asked about it here, and people provided either the info itself, or links to it. If I didn't frequent this...

It does indeed state that, and that's precisely the problem, because the detailed definition given in the paragraphs immediately preceding that statement, do not give any leeway, they're clear and unambiguous. So we have two pieces of written law that are pretty much totally at odds with each...

This. If you give a whole, detailed definition of when a goalkeeper is considered to be in control of the ball and then say, that when it comes to the 8 second rule, "the referee will decide when the goalkeeper has control of the ball," without giving any indication that the prior definition can...

FWIW, the Spanish keeper involved, Cata Coll, has said that her bottle wasn't thrown away. There would be no reason (that I can think of) why she should lie about this. In the wake of Coll's comments, Hampton now admits she's not sure which bottle she threw into the crowd, although she thought...

That seems to be somewhat contrary to what is stated in the X post from the IFAB shown by @Russell Jones - and to what Collina said about it being to stop goalkeepers lying on the ground after making a save.

I know that this has been mentioned a couple of times already on different threads so it looks like it's true but does anyone know where this clarification comes from? Or even better, does anyone have a link to the clarification?

Possibly (though not necessarily) for the purpose outlined in the FA/PGMOL statement they made when they allowed it for Ricardo Fuller in 2008. "Jewellery clarification Tuesday, 04 November 2008. Due to many queries we have recently received from referees and the public concerning Ricardo...

Exactly - which is why I don't like the IFAB giving an answer which makes it sound like it's a fixed point of law.

I have to say, I had high hopes that this would be properly implemented, based on what the IFAB had reported on how successful it was in the trials. However, having watched it apparently being ignored in the Women's Euros, I'm starting to have my doubts.

It can't be penalised under the provision about using a deliberate trick to circumvent the law (as @Johnson says, it doesn't meet the criteria) but I think if they do it several times then it changes the calculation of whether it was a deliberate action using foot contact (which the law says is...

We come from dust and to dust we shall return. That’s why I don’t dust, it might be someone I know.

Actually, the bit about contacting the opponent before the ball being a foul wasn't introduced until 1995 - and the wording wasn't removed from the laws until 2008. Neither when it was added nor when it was removed, can I find any official explanation from the IFAB as to the rationale behind...