Not exactly. I read this in a posted article somewhere...possibly in Referee. If a player goes off the field and was the 11th player when he went off he's still a player by definition, not a substitute. So he's allowed back in. Many officials think this is illegal but it's not. Actually, it's illegal if the player does it to gain an advantage such as pretended substitution therefore making the other team think he's left the game. So really it's an official's judgement. But agan he's still a player so he can technically re-enter.
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