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The check goes on in the background, and unless we're privy to the VAR discussions (which we're not) we don't know how long it lasted. Could have been 30 seconds, could have been five minutes.

And here's a video of that incident.

Clearly the the player in an offside position (PIOP) did not interfere with play but it's not entirely clear to me whether they might have interfered with an opponent. It sounds like they probably didn't, but there's just not enough detail in your description to be completely sure. For...

Correct - and for those interested in the history of this, it actually came about in two stages. First of all, in 1996 it changed from no going back whatsoever, to the referee being allowed to go back and penalise the original offence if the advantage did not develop, "at that time." However...

Actually, to be totally accurate it was in 1992 that it changed. As stated, the law change was intended to avoid timewasting.

Can you point out where they say that?

I tried calling the tinnitus helpline today, but to no avail. It just kept ringing.

I don't see that it's clear that the defender has played the ball at all. Maybe a slight touch but even that's not obvious to me. And the attacker hasn't fallen over the defender's legs, based on anything I can see - he's been taken out at the ankle, from behind, by a reckless challenge.

Yeah, me too. What offence is there here, that could lead to an IFK outside the penalty area?

The law doesn't say it has to be an attempt to play the ball to avoid the red card. It can also just be a challenge for the ball, which I think this was. The law wording is: (Emphasis mine).

Sure as heck looked like a penalty to me. He may have got a touch on the ball (though it's not even clear to me that he did) but even if he did, he's taken the man as well.

Also to mention that if the second touch is a handball offence, then the restart is a direct rather than an indirect free kick (or a penalty kick if it's inside the penalty area).

I'm wondering what you mean by "when offsides were first introduced." Are you talking about when the first Laws of Association Football were adopted in 1863? Because even before then, all the other sets of rules, like Cambridge, Eton and Uppingham for example, had a version of an offside...

Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar. Now that can’t be a coincidence can it?

I guess you had to have lived in the UK (or a few other countries in Europe) in the 60's - 80's to get this one. "Treets were a brand of confectionery sold by Mars Limited in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. The original product consisted of peanuts coated in milk...

I once had a peanut stuck in my ear. I poured in some melted chocolate and it came out a Treat!

As @JamesL says, you are correct. If you want the actual wording, Law 13 says:

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the following example of this, given that we've discussed it on here more than once.

The run up is finished when the player arrives at the ball and does not thereafter take any more steps before kicking the ball (or feinting to kick it, if they breach this part of the law). If you saw players plant their foot, draw it back, then pause and wait until the keeper moved, before...

When I worked at the United Nations, I was once asked to get Kofi Annan a gram of cocaine. After thinking about it for a while, I called him up and said, "I'm sorry Kofi, the only one I can think of right now is 'oceanic'."