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Concussion substitution

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A competition option that allows each team to make an extra substitution (and grants them an extra substitution opportunity, where applicable) if one of their players suffers an actual or suspected concussion See ‘Additional permanent concussion substitutions protocol'

IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 197 · clause law-x-61e6e2f3

Answered differently by competition 1

This clause hands the answer to whoever runs the competition, so it has more than one.

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