While in process of punting the ball, the goalkeeper released the ball from his hands, but before he was able to punt it away it was headed away by an opponent who was not seen by the goalkeeper as he approached from behind. What should the Referee do?

The AR indicates to the referee that a substitution is requested by using the following signal. How long should the AR maintain this signal?

A defender is being legally challenged shoulder-to-shoulder, but by two opposing attackers at the same time. The Referee seeing that should:

Goalkeeper, standing inside his own penalty area, deflected the ball with his hands just outside of the penalty area after a shot on his goal was taken by an opposing team’s player, thus eliminating an obvious goal scoring opportunity for the opposing team. What action, if any, should be taken by the Referee.\

A player of a team playing with only 7 players, who was Cautioned earlier in the game, commits a handling offense inside his team’s penalty area. What should the Referee do?

Only the goalkeeper may be substituted in the case of injury during the kicks from the penalty mark and only if the team has a substitution remaining from its permitted maximum.

The Referee may Caution a player who leaves the field without waiting for the permission of the Referee when the substitution is requested.

The defending team’s player, placed his hands/arms to protect his body during the taking of a Free Kick by an opposing team. The ball from that Free Kick hit the defending player’s hands/arms and he was easily able to gain control of it, thus benefitting from his actions. The Referee should NOT stop the play.

While the ball was in play, the referee stopped the game because of lightning. How the referee should restart the game once the weather improves and play can be safely resumed?

During a coin toss before the start of the game, the team that wins the coin toss has the choice: