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Originally Posted by heyref01
I'll help to breathe some life into this site and offer my response to get a discussion going. By waiting a few seconds, hasn't the ref already determined and applied the advantage? Throw-in to A.
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Nope, the referee hasn't determined and applied anything until verbally stating and visually signalling for advantage. All that the referee has done is wait a couple of seconds to see an possible advantage will develop which would benefit the offended team more than receiving an immediate free kick.
In the given situation, I would award the kick since no positive advantage developed on the play. I can't think of a situation in which it would be better to have a throw-in than a DFK.