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>>>>>>Interesting. I'm not a soccer scholar, but that goal by Forest (I think it was the third goal shown in the series) - why wasn't the Forest player offside? I thought if you took a pass while you were past all the opposing players, that it was offside. There must be part of the rule I'm not familiar with.
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>>>>>One part that sometimes confuses people is that offside is determined at the moment the ball is struck, not when it is received. So if a player on the attacking team is onside when a teammate kicks the ball, then sprints past the defender to get to it, that's OK. It's hard to tell from the video whether that was the case on this play.
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>>>>But if you look at the last L goal, there are 2 blue shirts nearer the goal than red. Admitedly it's a shot at goal, not a pass, so, your being a ref, is that offside or what?
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>>>No. The other blue shirts are in an offside position but that is not an infraction unless they participate in the play, generally by touching the ball.
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>>Yeah, like I said elsewhere "not interfering with play"
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>Sorry, I was just answering a direct question.

No, that's OK. I mentioned this on another branch :-) Just wasn't quite sure.

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