3. Offences and sanctions
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
If, when a free kick is taken, an attacking team player is less than 1 m (1 yd) from a ‘wall' formed by three or more defending team players, an indirect free kick is awarded.
Verdicts that turn on it 1
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
Explained in the rules library 2
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 1
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
The Laws of the Game are published by The IFAB and quoted here for the purpose of explaining the decisions on this site. Ruleside is not affiliated with The IFAB or FIFA. Every clause of Free Kicks that Ruleside cites.