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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 7/6/2026??? of Guangzhou, Guangdong China asks...In the semi-automatic offside rule, a player's hair is considered part of their body only if it affects the trajectory of the ball. So, in the match between Croatia and Portugal, Matanovic only touched the ball with his hair, but the trajectory of th...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 7/3/2026Steve Maricic of Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey US asks...I watched the Croatia-Portugal game last night. I know very little about soccer, and I have a very stupid question about the Offside rule:
Imagine a game where Team A is winning 1-0 with a few minutes left to play. They decide to move al...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 6/29/2026Peter Cottam of Accrington, Lancashire United Kingdom asks...Germany v Paraguay on TV now ,German player from his own half kicks ball forward into other half towards a player who is stood offside, Paraguay player then heads it over touch line and the referee gives a corner,why not an indirect free kick for off...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 5/19/2026Ian Gray of Edinburgh, Lothian United Kingdom asks...A player of Team A (x) is the only player, except for the Goalkeeper in Team B, in the opposition half, at the edge of the penalty box.
A player of Team A (y) makes a pass forward to another player in Team A (z) who is in his own half (cle...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/22/2025Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...Hi, I managed to find the video. The commission did not dispute the verdict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNgTHEXCzGI
Thank you, Zluvka...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/20/2025Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...Hi, this was the situation in our league.
A player made a through pass. A teammate ran after the pass. The defender fouled him. The ball was 5 meters away from the player at that moment. Otherwise, the player would have gone to the goal h...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/19/2025Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...Hi, it's simple. The referee whistles a foul. He awards RC for DOGSO. VAR sees that the fouled player was in an offside position (not offside). How will VAR deal with it? Will VAR intervene? VAR probably should. What will the restart be like? Probabl...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/17/2025Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...Hi, how would this hypothetical situation be handled if the player was only in an offside position and not in an offside position? I mean the solution via VAR. Thank you, Zluvka...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/6/2025Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Hello
one more question, maybe a bit strange please.
Does hair count as part of the head for offside purposes? For example, for a player like Fellaini.
Until now, I was sure that hair was part of the head. :-)
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 12/26/2024Stephen Landis of Agoura Hills, CA United States asks...An offensive player is in the offside position and their fellow player kicks them the ball. Should I call offsides if:
1. The ball never reaches the offending player as a defender gets to the ball first and starts to dribble up the field. As ...
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