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.
· Careless is when a player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution. No disciplinary sanction is needed
Verdicts that turn on it 3
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
Explained in the rules library 7
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 4
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
- Martinez brought down by two defenders at once, penalty given despite debate over who touched the ball firstArgentina vs Austria
- Mbappé goes down after Mané's sliding tackleFrance vs Senegal
- Messi goes down in the box, correctly no penaltyArgentina vs Algeria
- Modric's missed clearance correctly given as a penaltyEngland vs Croatia
Questions that ask it 2
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
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