There are relatively few opportunities for real trickery outside of feigning fouls in soccer.
One could certainly be penalties, or kicks from the mark. Another may be pass back to the goal keeper. There may be some opportunities during some set plays too, particularly corner kicks where I have seen some trick set plays used, at times with some success.
In all cases however, a referee has to be ready for it, and know what the appropriate result needs to be, without regard to what everyone else thinks.
Take a look at the clip below from the Rays v. LA the other day, and how nearly everyone in the park, media included, got it wrong, and it took super, duper, extra slo mo several times for folks to figure it out. Some I'm sure still don't get it.
The Rays of course, pulled it off to perfection, and Angel Hernandez had it the whole way, finally to the credit of the media, even without instant replay or some elaborate sensing device to tell us where the ball was.
Hat tip to Angel Hernandez for an outstanding call.
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