It's a while since I knew what a foul is, and where.
They seem to have re-instated the "robust" shoulder barge, which is good. But barge into the back with sufficient force is a foul anywhere but the penalty area. Take an opponents legs before the ball is a foul anywhere but in the penalty area where it is a foul sometimes depending on referees and teams.
There also seems to have been a "but not enough to warrant a penalty" judgement slid into the game. Before VAR the same laws were relevant all over the pitch.
