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Questions & Answers: kicks from the penalty mark A player (Team A) is injured at the end of extra time and unable to continue. Team A has already used its maxim...um number of substitutes. 1 May Team A exclude the injured player from taking part in the kicks from the penalty mark? 2 What is the correct procedure assuming that both teams have the same number of players on the field? Find out more: bit.ly/Kicks_PenaltyMark #AskTheIFAB your question about kicks from the penalty mark. Download the Laws of the Game app: bit.ly/LawsAppAndroid bit.ly/LawsApp_iOS

Questions & Answers: advantage A player (Team A) commits a second cautionable (yellow card) offence in the same match which is a reckless challenge. The referee... applies advantage because Team B has a clear opportunity to score a goal, however, the offending player (Team A) becomes involved in play and interferes with an opponent from Team B. What is the correct decision? Find out more: bit.ly/_Sanctions #AskTheIFAB your question about the Laws of the Game. Download the official app: bit.ly/LawsAppAndroid bit.ly/LawsApp_iOS

Practical advice for referees The referee must ensure that any player bleeding leaves the field of play. The player may only re-enter after a signal from the re...feree, who must be satisfied that: the bleeding has stopped and there is no blood on the equipment Find out more: bit.ly/Referee_Powers Download the official app: bit.ly/LawsAppAndroid bit.ly/LawsApp_iOS

Questions & Answers: offside offence? A forward is in an offside position at the moment when a midfielder (his/her team-mate) takes a shot on the goal. After th...at, the ball rebounds off a goalpost and goes to the forward who scores a goal. What is the correct decision? Find out more: bit.ly/_OffsideOffence #AskTheIFAB your question about offside. Download the Laws of the Game app: bit.ly/LawsAppAndroid bit.ly/LawsApp_iOS

Questions & Answers: offence / no offence? While a free kick is taken by Team A, an opponent (Team B) is closer to the ball than the required distance. A player... (Team A) deliberately kicks the ball at an opponent to play the ball again. What is the correct decision? Find out more: bit.ly/FreeKicks_ #AskTheIFAB your question about free kicks. Download the Laws of the Game app: bit.ly/LawsAppAndroid bit.ly/LawsApp_iOS

Practical advice for referees: duration of the match If the ball goes out for a corner kick and the half is over (including additional time and allowance for ti...me lost), the referee: ends the match may not allow the corner kick to be taken In this case, it does not matter if the time is over before/after the ball passes over the goal line. Law 7 clearly states that (only) when a penalty kick has to be taken or retaken, the half is extended until the penalty kick is completed: bit.ly/_Penalty_kick Therefore, this can NOT be applied to other restarts: free kicks throw-ins goal kicks corner kicks Download the official app: bit.ly/LawsAppAndroid bit.ly/LawsApp_iOS