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  "id": "dogso",
  "type": "glossary",
  "name": "DOGSO (Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity)",
  "summary": "DOGSO is the Law 12 sending-off category for denying an opponent or the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, with a caution instead of a red card when a penalty is awarded for a genuine attempt to play the ball.",
  "locale": "en",
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  "questions": [
    "What is DOGSO in football?",
    "When is denying a goal-scoring opportunity only a yellow card?"
  ],
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      "id": "c1",
      "text": "Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, including by a deliberate handball offence, is a sending-off offence under Law 12.",
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      "confidence": 0.96
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      "text": "When the offence is committed inside the offender's own penalty area and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned rather than sent off if the offence was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball; in all other circumstances (holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball, or handball) the offender is sent off.",
      "sources": [
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      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "id": "c3",
      "text": "From the 2026/27 edition, when the referee plays advantage for a DOGSO offence and the non-offending team scores as a result, there is no disciplinary sanction for the offender, as the offence did not prevent a goal; earlier editions cautioned the offender in this situation.",
      "sources": [
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        "ifab-law-12-2026-27"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.9
    }
  ],
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  "faqs": [],
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  "moat_flag": false,
  "winning_edge": "Captures the penalty-area caution exception introduced in 2016 that casual definitions of \"last man = red card\" still get wrong, bound to the 2026/27 text of Law 12.",
  "confidence": 0.95,
  "last_verified": "2026-08-08",
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