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Did Tierney get this right in a great KMI decision or...?
Did Tierney get this right in a great KMI decision or...?
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Agree that everyone expects offside - but that doesn't mean it's right
Everyone expects offside cause sterling is interfering with play (moves towards the ball) which makes the defender have to play it,
That's what the game expects and that's what should of happened!
Let's use some better words here...Everyone expects offside cause sterling is interfering with play (moves towards the ball) which makes the defender have to play it,
A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by [...] interfering with an opponent by [...] challenging an opponent for the ball
Clearly, clearly an offside offence for me. I don't see how there's any debate about it. The law states that:
Surely, surely, surely this is the very definition of challenging for a ball????Interfering with an opponent is closely defined and jst as with gaining an advantage, the definition is not what is expected in everyday language
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Did Sterling prevent the defender from playing the ball or directly challenge for the ball? I think not. Was the defender's touch deliberate? I think it was. Therefore, by the tightest of definitions of Law 11, was an offside offence committed? No
AR had 50% of the info, Ref had 50% of the info. There is no way Aidy Holmes could have seen the defender's touch on the ball.
Prevent the defender from playing the ball, no. But directly challenge for the ball - absolutely and definitively, yes. Sterling and the defender went in to play the ball at exactly the same time and in the same physical location. They both play the ball, Sterling just gets there a split-second later. That is, by any reasonable definition that I can think of, a challenge for the ball.Did Sterling prevent the defender from playing the ball or directly challenge for the ball?