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The Referee - Discuss - Gaining and advantage at a free kick

I missed the Spurs game last night, however the fan who sits next to me in the office was just showing me the Pavlyuchenko goal from last night. Maybe the referee in me that meant I missed the goal and noticed the man who stands in front of the keeper.

Now this isnt the first case this week of this. @willpare pointed out to me on Sunday watch Suarez against Man United at the weekend, although in this case he is further from the keeper.

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I think the Suarez one given the distance etc, for me this you wouldn't call for Offside. However the Spurs one, is an interesting one. The player moves away before the ball is kicked so while the keeper sees it late, eh does see it. It just made me think its interesting that there has been two instances in a week, and Ive not seen this since Big Sam was at Bolton and started putting men on the line to distract the keeper.

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