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From: Mart van de Wege on 28 Jun 2010 03:53 Joachim Parsch <sm(a)bunuel.franken.de> writes: > Alessandro Riolo schrieb: >> >> "Jesper Lauridsen" <rorschak(a)sorrystofanet.dk> wrote in message >> news:i02o9d$h9p$7(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> > ... A defender >> > at the corner flag is just as significant as a defender at a goal post. >> >> Yep, but what about that goal scored from Ruud van Nistelrooy that Peter >> Fröjdfeldt and Stefan Wittberg allowed, a decision supported afterwards from >> UEFA, while Christian Panucci was laying down off the pitch beyond the line? > > Indeed, a defender behind the goal line is still in play and makes > the attacker onside. A very nasty rule, and smartly played by the Dutch in that match: a player off the pitch is assumed to be *on* the line. This means that, given a normal situation with the ball in front of the keeper, a player off the pitch at the goal line *always* puts the attacker onside. No exceptions. Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
From: Abubakr on 28 Jun 2010 04:17 On Jun 28, 6:14 pm, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote: > Quoting Joachim Parsch in rec.sport.soccer: > > >Indeed, a defender behind the goal line is still in play and makes > >the attacker onside. Only atttacking players can be "passive" (by > >not taking part in the play or waiting behind the goal line). > > Imagine it it weren't so. The defending team's defense jumping behind the > goal line 30 times a match to force offsides. But what made the application of the rule in that particular incident inequitable was that the Italian player was actually taken out behind the goal so wasn't trying to put attackers offside.
From: Joachim Parsch on 28 Jun 2010 04:19
anders t schrieb: > > Quoting Joachim Parsch in rec.sport.soccer: > > >Indeed, a defender behind the goal line is still in play and makes > >the attacker onside. Only atttacking players can be "passive" (by > >not taking part in the play or waiting behind the goal line). > > Imagine it it weren't so. The defending team's defense jumping behind the > goal line 30 times a match to force offsides. Yes, the rule is very sensible as it is. Joachim |