An attacking player (Team A) kicks the ball which then accidentally touches a hand/arm of their team-mate (Team A). The referee stops play, but wrongly decides that the handball offence was committed by a defending player (Team B), who is punished with a yellow card (YC) and a direct free kick to Team A. May the video assistant referee (VAR) inform the referee that the player from the non-offending team was cautioned?

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A YC which is not a second YC can be reviewed to identify the player who committed the handball offence that was penalised. In this case, the YC for the defender is cancelled and play is restarted with a direct free kick to Team B.