Peter Grove
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an advantage is when a team is offended against
Except that is no longer the law - it used to be, up until 2016 (and probably when the previous discussions took place) but the law changed in the 2016-17 edition. It no longer says, "allows play to continue when the team against which an offence has been committed will benefit from such an advantage" and which would support the view expressed by Ciley and Brian above. It now says, "allows play to continue when an offence occurs and the non-offending team will benefit from the advantage" which changes the meaning.No advantage because, as has been discussed many times before, there is no penal offence against the opponent,
The wording of the law now means that whenever an offence (of any nature) occurs, the advantage can be played if the team that did not commit the offence, would benefit. It no longer requires that the offence be one that is committed against a team, merely that an offence occurred.
If that were true, you could never play advantage. According to the LotG Glossary, an offence is "An action which breaks/violates the Laws of the Game."You cant play advantage here because as soon as defender takes second touch the LOTG have been infringed.
So every time a player commits an offence, the laws have been infringed, yet the law clearly says that you can play advantage when an offence occurs.