arbitre
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Direct free kick to the attack (White), 23 yards from goal. Wall demanded by kicker. Ceremonial wall for the defence (Blue).
Referee whistles, kicker shoots past the wall with a not very strong shot which the goalkeeper should easily hold. However the keeper fumbles the ball and 3 attackers (White) are quickly onto the loose ball and one of them scores. Immediately the linesman flags for offside.
So, here is the rub. Two of the three whites were offside from the free kick, however the scorer was the one who was not offside. All three followed up the kick at the same time, with the scorer arriving at the ball a split second before his offside colleagues.
Decision - Offside or Goal?
Referee whistles, kicker shoots past the wall with a not very strong shot which the goalkeeper should easily hold. However the keeper fumbles the ball and 3 attackers (White) are quickly onto the loose ball and one of them scores. Immediately the linesman flags for offside.
So, here is the rub. Two of the three whites were offside from the free kick, however the scorer was the one who was not offside. All three followed up the kick at the same time, with the scorer arriving at the ball a split second before his offside colleagues.
Decision - Offside or Goal?