The referee in a football match has several crucial responsibilities. These include enforcing the Laws of the Game, controlling the match in cooperation with the assistant referees and the fourth official, ensuring the safety of the players, stopping, suspending, or abandoning the match for any infringements of the Laws, controlling the conduct of people on the sidelines, and taking disciplinary action against players who commit cautionable or sending-off offences. The referee's decisions are final and binding.