The lack of clarity between all officials involved before he restarted the game is terrible. There was ample opportunity to rectify the mistake before the free kick was taken, but they sat there confused with their finger in their arses.
To not even tell the referee even after the restart is shocking. Yes, it may be against their ‘protocol’ but surely rectify a decision you know is 100% incorrect would trump that. Their bosses are hardly gonna pull them up over it are they “lads, that thing you did that saved us all our blushes was a very bad thing to do”.