Law 12: Fouls and Misconduct5. Restart of play after fouls and misconduct·Page 127, 2026/27 edition

5. Restart of play after fouls and misconduct

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If the referee stops play for an offence committed by a player, inside or outside the field of play, against an outside agent, play is restarted with a dropped ball, unless an indirect free kick is awarded for leaving the field of play without the referee's permission; the indirect free kick is taken from the point on the boundary line where the player left the field of play.
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 127 · clause law-12-5e985bd7

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Dropped ball, unless the player left the field to do itoff-the-ball

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Against whom, and by whom?off-the-ball

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