A defender (Team A) pulls an attacker’s shirt (Team B) outside the penalty area which stops a promising attack. The attacker retains possession of the ball and the referee plays the advantage. Immediately after that, another defender (Team A) commits a careless tackle, makes contact with the attacker inside the penalty area and denies Team B an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO). What is the correct decision?

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The referee awards a penalty kick. The second defender is cautioned (yellow card) for unsporting behaviour (DOGSO offence within the defender’s penalty area which was an attempt to play the ball) but there is no caution (no yellow card) for the first defender as the referee played the advantage.