The Board decided that the 9,15 metre advancement experiment will continue in England with further tests in the u-17 World championship in Trinidad and Tobago late in September. Furthermore, the experiment of two referees to officiate a match has been abandoned as it has not yielded sufficiently positive results. A player who has been sent off must leave the vicinity of the field of play and the technical area, and not sit in the dugout. Red and yellow cards may not be shown to team officials, who in the case of indiscipline are to be reported to the relevant body. If a player is cautioned during halftime he will be shown the yellow card on the field of play before the start of the second half.
Referees can no longer 'send off' players in the tunnel at full time.
Such cases are to be reported as misconduct after the termination of the game. The celebration of goals is only to be considered as a punishable offence by a caution if it borders on provocation or leads to time wasting. Contrary to current regulations, it will no longer be a cautionable offence if a player takes his shirt off to celebrate a goal. In this respect Fifa recognise the natural and emotional joy of scoring. A player must be allowed immediately, on recovering from injury and on the signal from the referee, to return to the field.