A player of Team A plays the ball which then touches the referee (outside the penalty area), remains on the field of play and, as a result, Team A starts a promising attack. What is the referee’s decision?

THE DECISION

The ball touched a match official and Team A started a promising attack. In this case, play is restarted with a dropped ball for one player of the team that would have retained or gained possession if the ball had not touched the referee. The ball is dropped at the position where the ball made contact with the referee.