Play is restarted with a dropped ball for Team A. After the ball has touched the ground, an opposing player (Team B) who remained more than 4 m away comes up and plays the ball first. What is the correct decision?

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The referee allows play to continue. This is permitted as Law 8 only requires that all players (except the player for whom the ball is dropped) remain at least 4 m from the ball until it is in play (i.e. until it touches the ground).