Wow thanks for that
Mind you as I put the first offence is considered the infringement however in this case wow again.
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[Football] Players not knowing the rules - Part 93001
- Thread starter Dick Swiveller
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Wow thanks for that
Mind you as I put the first offence is considered the infringement however in this case wow again.
The commentator on the stream I was watching didn't know either. He made some sort of comment to the effect that the linesman must have thought it was a goal kick.
Yeah, it seems a ridiculous rule. Clearly the defending player wouldn’t commit the foul if they knew the attacking player would be flagged offside but how are they supposed to know for sure that the player was in an offside position and that the assistant ref would call it correctly?
The Large One
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The first infringement is the foul, not the offside.
As it clearly states '... is fouled BEFORE playing or attempting to play the ball...'. In other words, the offside infringement hasn't occurred before the foul.
Being in an offside position - i.e. in a position closer to the opposition goal line than up to two defenders - (not an infringement), and being offside - the act of the ball being played to you when you are in an offside position, and that pass meaning you become 'active' (an infringement) are clearly not one and the same.
Right down to the last decision it’s now obvious the premier league want Liverpool to win it. Never seen so many offsides go one way..
The interpretation is attempting to play or interfering with the opponent. The likelihood is any player who is in an offside position and moves to the ball or is in line of the ball and the opponent and thus stops him from progressing toward it is offside first. Too wish washy though.
Let’s wait for VAR and idiot video refs
Tremendously helpful. Thanks for that.
Which is crazy in itself, isn't it? I'm in an offside position and running with a player who has the ball, the keeper is coming out to stop a shot he must consider both players, i.e. will the player with the ball shoot or pass to me.
McTavish
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Surely they could get in the way and make a defender change course to get past and thus delay him being able to clear the ball without actually touching the ball themselves. Surely that is interfering with play.
I’d never make it as a ref!
That is interfering with an opponent, not interfering with play - they are different things.