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VAR protocol2. Reviewable decisions/incidents·Page 155, 2026/27 edition

2. Reviewable decisions/incidents

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

If the referee penalises an offence but has clearly misidentified the player who committed that offence, only the identity of the offender can be reviewed.

IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 155 · clause law-x-7e2dae63

Verdicts that turn on it 2

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

Explained in the rules library 1

The plain-language pages that build on this provision.

Applied in these incidents 1

Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.

Questions that ask it 1

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

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