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Substitutions and extra persons: can you referee this?

12 positions written by IFAB, from Law 3. Their words, their answer, shown in full as soon as you choose. Ten at a time.

Question 1 of 10Law 3

A player changes places and shirts with the goalkeeper while the ball is in play. The referee was not informed beforehand and stops play after noticing the change. Is this the correct decision?

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General 252Offside 42Handball 35Foul 6Misconduct 33Ball in and out of play 29Goalkeeper 27The referee: whistle, advantage, injuries 19Taking a penalty kick 18Denied a goal or clear chance 17Taking 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 substitutions and extra persons walk reasons a decision out one question at a time, citing the clause at each step.