A player of Team A slowly prepares to take a throw-in. A coach of Team B gets annoyed, leaves the confines of their technical area and ignores a request from a fourth official to step back (without committing any other offences). What actions does the referee take?

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The player is cautioned (yellow card) if the referee considers their behaviour to be delaying the restart of play. The coach is warned, however, repeated or blatant offences should result in a caution (yellow card) or sending-off (red card). Play is restarted according to the previous decision (throw-in for Team A).