In what circumstances, the referees would make the ball stop and drop the ball to restart?

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I am playing a mobile game "DLS2021" and one of its new upgrades is that when the ball touches the referee, the game stops and then the referee needs to drop the ball for the team which was possessing it before it stops in order to restart.
I don't know whether this rule exists in reality because I have never seen this event when watching live games, or encountered such a setting in any other game, even DLS2021's older version (e.g. DLS2016, DLS2020).
So except when the referee is on the way of the ball, are there other situations for referees to drop the ball when restarting?

dly · Accepted Answer

There are plenty of situations requiring a drop ball to resume play. There are two main reasons for it:

A foul by a player or team official outside of the pitch
The referee stops the play and the call was not caused by a rule violation

Examples for situations causing a drop ball:
(There may be more and
the ball must be in play at the time of the call.)

Injuries
Referee touches the ball and possession changes
Persons or animals on the pitch
More than one ball on the pitch
Breaks caused by severe weather
The referee correcting a previous call (not VAR)
The ball hitting an object above the pitch while still inbounds, e.g. a video wall or the roof

In what circumstances, the referees would make the ball stop and drop the ball to restart?

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