1. Direct free kick
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
If an offence involves contact, it is penalised by a direct free kick.
· Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned
Verdicts that turn on it 2
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Explained in the rules library 7
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 5
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
- Fabinho's follow-through with exposed studs should have been a yellow cardBrazil vs Morocco
- Bruno Guimaraes stamps on Hakimi's foot, no card shownBrazil vs Morocco
- Messi goes down in the box, correctly no penaltyArgentina vs Algeria
- Saliba's stamp on a grounded opponent should have been a yellow cardFrance vs Senegal
- Vinicius Junior should have had a reckless-challenge yellow cardBrazil vs Morocco
Questions that ask it 1
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
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