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Misconduct: can you referee this?

33 positions written by IFAB, from Law 12. Their words, their answer, shown in full as soon as you choose. Ten at a time.

Question 1 of 10Law 12

A defender (Team A) starts a promising counter-attack, kicks the ball and tries to go past an attacker (Team B). The attacker moves into the defender’s path and this movement prevents the opponent from getting to the ball when it is not within playing distance of either player (no contact between the players). Subsequently, the ball goes to another Team B player. What is the correct decision?

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General 252Offside 42Handball 35Foul 6Ball in and out of play 29Goalkeeper 27The referee: whistle, advantage, injuries 19Taking a penalty kick 18Denied a goal or clear chance 17Substitutions and extra persons 12Taking a free kick 7Corner or goal kick 7

Every answer here is IFAB applying their own Laws rather than the Law itself. The clauses are on the Law pages, and the misconduct walk reasons a decision out one question at a time, citing the clause at each step.