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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 11/20/2023

George Makridis of Thessaloniki, Greece Greece asks...

Greetings from Greece. I simply want an expert's opinion on this. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCIWqcM9lc . If you don't trust links you can search on YouTube for 'PAOK AEK goal Varela'. It is a 1:01 video from user Stavros Sountoulid...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/9/2023

Jack Maddox of Rochdale , Greater Manchester UK asks...

In recent games Tottenham v Chelsea and Arsenal v Sevilla the same incident has occurred. Chelsea second goal the ball was played through for Sterling on the wing, Jackson was way offside in the centre. Sterling crossed the ball and Jackson scored.
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Law 11 - Offside 10/28/2023

William Spalding of Dunfermline , Fife Scotland asks...

Team 1 Player A runs in on the goalkeeper of Team 2.
Team 1 Player B is running slightly behind him.

Team 1 Player A passes the ball forward to the side as he reaches the goalkeeper of Team 2. The goalkeeper doesn’t touch the ball.
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Law 11 - Offside 10/25/2023

Mike of London, United Kingdom asks...

Ball is played through. OffensivePlayerA1, onside, runs with the ball towards goal and towards DefendingKeeperA1. OffensivePlayerA1 goes past DefendingKeeperA1 leaving DefendingKeeperA1. OffensivePlayerA1
stops on the edge of the penalty area...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/17/2023

Chester of Fairfield, Ct USA asks...

So if the referee waits to determine if the an early whistle for offside is warranted, should we restart with the defensive IDFK deeper...maybe 20 or 30 yards into the defensive half even though the AR is standing up by the half way line with the fla...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/15/2023

Chester of Fairfield, Ct USA asks...

An AR was flagging for offside at the half way line because a player in an offside position there was running towards the ball after a teammate passed a long ball down to the goal line. The referee would wait to make sure that no other attacking team...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/5/2023

Fred Wild of Chesterfield , MI United States asks...

Thank you! But Also, This brings up a similar scenario: So, by this logic, if striker B has the ball and striker A is in offside position past the 2nd to last defender but then striker B now dribbles the ball past striker A and past the D (making the...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/3/2023

Fred Wild of Chesterfield , MI United States asks...

I asked our head ref and we are not positive of this one: Striker A is in offside position but realizes it and moves back into a position that will be deemed onside when play resets. The teammate (striker B) never passed to another teammate and neve...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/29/2023

AEK Fan Club Of NY of ASTORIA, NY USA asks...

Several Questions from the video linked below:

1. 0349 team in blue scores a goal. The referee with the assistance of VAR and offside line claim offside.
Team in Blue said the lines were placed wrong. Instead of being on the player th...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/21/2023

Tyler of Vancouver, BC Canada asks...

Can an attacker be offside if both the kicker and the receiver are already past the second to last defender. For example, if the defenders are on the other end of the field and an attacker is standing by the penalty box. If an attacker with the ball ...

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