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  "name": "Indirect free kick",
  "summary": "An indirect free kick is a free kick from which a goal can only be scored if another player of either team touches the ball after it is kicked; the referee signals it with a raised arm.",
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      "text": "An indirect free kick is a free kick from which a goal can only be scored if another player, of either team, touches the ball after it has been kicked.",
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      "text": "If an indirect free kick enters the opponents' goal without touching another player, the restart is a goal kick; the referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising an arm above the head until the kick is taken and the ball touches another player or goes out of play.",
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      "text": "Typical indirect free kick offences include offside, playing in a dangerous manner, impeding without contact, and goalkeeper handling offences such as the back-pass rule.",
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  "winning_edge": "Binds the glossary definition plus the two operational details (signal, goal-kick outcome) that answers usually omit, to the 2026/27 texts.",
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