Law 5: The Referee2. Decisions of the referee·Page 73, 2026/27 edition

2. Decisions of the referee

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

Decisions will be made to the best of the referee's ability according to the Laws of the Game and the ‘spirit of the game' and will be based on the opinion of the referee, who has the discretion to take appropriate action within the framework of the Laws of the Game.
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 73 · clause law-5-e88b28c9

Verdicts that turn on it 3

Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Final on facts connected with playreferee
Technology would not have settled this in any casevar-protocol
Officials left without the technology, and the match still standsvar-protocol

Questions that ask it 1

Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.

What is being questioned?referee

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