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  "type": "glossary",
  "name": "Advantage",
  "summary": "Advantage is the referee's decision to allow play to continue after an offence when stopping play would benefit the offending team.",
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    "What does playing advantage mean?"
  ],
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    {
      "id": "c1",
      "text": "Advantage is defined in the IFAB glossary as the referee allowing play to continue when an offence has occurred, or a restart has been incorrectly taken and the ball is in play, if this benefits the opposing (non-offending) team.",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "c2",
      "text": "Under Law 5 the referee penalises the original offence if the anticipated advantage does not ensue within a few seconds.",
      "sources": [
        "ifab-law-05-2026-27"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    }
  ],
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  "faqs": [],
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    ]
  },
  "moat_flag": false,
  "winning_edge": "Uses the IFAB's own glossary wording, which also covers the little-known incorrect-restart case that informal definitions omit.",
  "confidence": 0.95,
  "last_verified": "2026-08-08",
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