A player of Team A prepares to take a corner kick. At the same time, one of their team-mates challenges for position with a defender (Team B) and is pushed by the opponent before the ball has been touched by the kicker. What is the correct decision?

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The defender can be warned, cautioned (yellow card) or sent off (red card), depending on the severity of the push. Play is restarted with the (original) corner kick because a penalty kick cannot be awarded as the ball was not in play at the time of the offence.