that was i mexico goal just dis-allowed, i need to know what the Off-side rules Are.

Any other match 2day?? and wat time pls.

zipper003:

that was i mexico goal just dis-allowed, i need to know what the Off-side rules Are.

There has to be two players between you and the goal (including the goalkeeper). The Mexican forward was closer to the goal than the Goalkeeper and therefore with only 1 x defender between him and the goal, he was offside.


The Offside Rule and Offside Trap in Football(Soccer)

It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position.

A player is in an offside position if:

    * he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent

A player is not in an offside position if:

    * he is in his own half of the field of play
    * he is level with the second last opponent
    * he is level with the last two opponents

Commiting an Offside Offence
A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:

    * interfering with play
    * interfering with an opponent
    * gaining an advantage by being in that position

No Offence
There is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:

    * a goal kick
    * a throw-in
    * a corner kick

Infringements/Sanctions
For any offside offence, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred.



Offside trap success - Fig. 1 This is offside because the red number 10 is in front of all of the defenders, leaving only the goalkeeper back which isn't enough players to play him onside. This position may have been forced by the defenders moving forward in what is called the offside trap.



Offside trap fail - Fig. 2 Here we can see that the blue number 3 defender has fail to move up the field with rest of his defence and played the red number 9 onside. This is a classic example of where the offside trap fails



Why the offside rule exists - Fig. 3 The offside rule exists to stop goal hanging, where a player stands next to the opposing teams goal keeper in the hope that someone can get the ball to him (probably using a long ball), so he can get it past the goal keeper. Which would make for a very boring game.



Two players needed - Fig. 4 The red number 9 isn't beyond the blue 4 defender but is offside because the goal keeper isn't back. This is one of those rare occasions where goal keeper is out of the goal (e.g. last minute of F.A. Cup final on a corner kick) and can't get back in time but if the attacking team play the ball as they normally would, then it would be offside because the offside rule requires two defenders to be in front the attacker and the goal keeper usually counts as a defender.



Linesman gets it wrong - Fig. 5 Why are linesmen (assistant referees) always calling offside when it isn't? Well believe it or not its not really their fault (unless the decision goes against you or your team), it's all to do with angles and line of sight. In the picture the purple line represents the linesman's line of sight which as you can see is at a slight angle, this line should be parallel with the goal line. So even though the red number 10 is being played onside by the blue defender it will be called offside. This is unfortunate but does happen from time to time.

thanks man, ! really appreciate.

@folem
nice one. learnt a lot from it but that Mexico's goal that was disallowed was truly off. Where did you get those images from? Football Manager?

People keep complaining about the offsides call against Vela. The rule is that two defending players have to be between the goal line and the attacker when the ball is played to the attacker. The reason why most people don't know this is because the goalie is usually on the line when most offsides calls are made so there is only 1 player between the attacker and the goal line.

In this case, the goalie came out and when the ball was played to Vela, he was offsides because Pineaar was the only guy between Vela and the goal line.

It was the correct call.

CLT123:

The reason why most people don't know this is because the goalie is usually on the line when most offsides calls are made so there is only 1 player between the attacker and the goal line.

In this case, the goalie came out and when the ball was played to Vela, he was offsides because Pineaar was the only guy between Vela and the goal line.

It was the correct call.

I was confused too.

what happens when for example, a goal keeper has gone to assist his team in attack and there is a quick counter and the ball is played to a striker who is between two defenders and the goal keeper is still at the other end of the field. Is that off?

soccer fans argue too much on offsides.

medjai:

what happens when for example, a goal keeper has gone to assist his team in attack and there is a quick counter and the ball is played to a striker who is between two defenders and the goal keeper is still at the other end of the field. Is that off?

that wouldn't be considered off side cos you've got @ least two defenders between him and the post and the keeper doesn't t necessarily have to be one of them.