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Post by premier on Mar 11, 2012 19:12:24 GMT -6
Recently I was watching a game and saw a curious event. Team A played the ball back to their keeper who picked it up along the edge of the 18(in the box) the referee acknowledged this and rightly gave an indirect free kick to Team B right outside the 18. All of Team A's defenders were around midfield while two of Team B's players were set up to take the indirect free kick.
Player #1 from Team B played the ball forward to player #2. Player #2 was slightly behind the ball and player #1 when the ball was played forward. Again, both players were between the last defender and the goalkeeper.(normally offsides)
The AR signaled that Player #2 was offsides. Was it the correct call?
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Post by pOkLE on Mar 11, 2012 20:08:12 GMT -6
from what you described (unless I'm reading it incorrectly), the answer is "no." you cannot be offside if you are behind the ball when it is played forward.
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Post by premier on Mar 11, 2012 20:31:00 GMT -6
Got it. Thanks for the heads up. Just one of those instances that make you scratch your head and wonder. ðŸ˜
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Post by pinetar on Mar 12, 2012 8:22:19 GMT -6
if he was behind the ball, he cannot be offside.
My only observation is:
if it is a "pass back" infraction, the indirect kick is taken from the spot where the keeper touched the ball inside the 18. the kick should not have been taken from outside the 18. if he touches it outside the 18, it is handling and a direct kick.
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Post by Steven Gerrard on Mar 12, 2012 8:39:51 GMT -6
My guess is that the ref probably felt that the other attacker was ahead of the ball when it was played forward, and thus offside.
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Post by premier on Mar 12, 2012 10:21:22 GMT -6
if he was behind the ball, he cannot be offside. My only observation is: if it is a "pass back" infraction, the indirect kick is taken from the spot where the keeper touched the ball inside the 18. the kick should not have been taken from outside the 18. if he touches it outside the 18, it is handling and a direct kick. Wait, sorry. The ball was placed right on the edge of the 18 where the keeper picked the ball up. It just looked like it was right on the edge from my angle. In any sense, it was close to where the keeper handled the ball. Thanks for catching that. |
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Post by happyjack on Mar 15, 2012 4:55:41 GMT -6
So if your angle on the placement was bad possibly your angle on the position of the players was bad as well. If any part of the player receiving the ball was nearer the goal line than the ball or the 2nd to last defender then he is judged to be in an offside position (with the exception being if the body part ahead was only the arm). If he moves to play the ball and thus gains an advantage from the offside position he is judged to bs offside.
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