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LAW 12 · Fouls and Misconduct · 2026/27

During the match, while the ball is in play, a coach leaves their team’s technical area a number of times but does not enter the field of play nor the opposing team's technical area. What disciplinary action might the referee take?

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THE DECISION

The coach is: * warned for occasionally leaving the technical area without committing another offence * cautioned (yellow card) for clearly/persistently not respecting the confines of the technical area * sent off (red card) for deliberately leaving the technical area to show dissent towards a match official or act in a provocative manner

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