Retaliation fouls may occur from a build-up of frustration over time, but they often occur immediately after contact where a player perceives such contact to be a foul.
When faced with a challenge in the Penalty Area, the Referee must make a decision regarding not only foul or no-foul, but whether misconduct has occurred.
“Playing in a Dangerous Manner” is one of the infractions listed in Law 12 that requires an Indirect Free Kick restart.
It was the World Cup goal seen around the world but missed by the eyes that mattered most: England midfielder Frank Lampard’s shot that dropped cleanly past the German goal line but was not given by the referee.
Uniform (shirt/short) pulls are used in particular when a defender has just lost a challenge for the ball and begins chasing an attacker.
One of the key elements of managing the professional game is the distinction between fouls that are Careless and those that are Reckless.
For two years leading up to the World Cup, Brian Hall exercised four hours almost every day to make it to the World Cup as a referee.
The FIFA medical chief has a message for World Cup players: You’ll pay for bone-crunching tackles.
Penalty-takers at the World Cup will not be able to feint as they are about to kick the ball.
Scientists assert tall people get the short end of the stick in situations when a referee calls a foul.