QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO THE LAWS OF THE GAME |
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The game shall be restarted by a "dropped ball" at the place where the ball was at the time the game was stopped, unless it was within the goal-area at that time, in which case it shall be dropped on that part of the goal-area line which runs parallel to the goal-line at the point nearest to where the ball was when play was stopped.
The situation is answered in Law II, International Board Decision 4, as follows: (4) If the ball bursts or becomes deflated during the course of a match, the game shall be stopped and restarted by dropping the new ball at the place where the first ball became defective, unless it was within the goal-area at that time, in which case it shall be dropped on that part of the goal-area line which runs parallel to the goal-line, at the point nearest to where the ball was when play was stopped.
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