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Notes and modificationsReference to additional permanent concussion substitutions is found in:·Page 40, 2026/27 edition

Reference to additional permanent concussion substitutions is found in:

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

The referee and other match officials, especially the fourth official:

· are not part of a team's decision-making process as to whether a player should be substituted or not, nor whether a player should be replaced by a ‘normal substitute' or a ‘concussion substitute';

IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 40 · clause law-x-10cfc982

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