Referees including Mike Dean will be implementing a few new laws from the beginning of JuneGoalkeepers picking up backpasses (sort of), uncontested drop balls and more handball decisions - football's laws are changing again. If play is stopped, the ball will be dropped to a player on the team that last touched the ball - and where they touched it. However, any play stopped in a penalty area will be returned to the goalkeeper, even if the attacking team had the ball. Ifab says this is because "when the goalkeeper clearly kicks or tries to kick the ball into play, this shows no intention to handle the ball". However, if the referee had distracted the offending team by starting to show the card, the quick free-kick is not allowed.

Source: BBC June 01, 2019 08:48 UTC