Recent content by lscott66

The big difference between the two clips here is the distance to goal, one challenge happens 2-3 yards inside the penalty area, in line with side of the goal area, fairly central, the other happens 2-3 yards outside the penalty area, almost in line with the side of the penalty area, so fairly...

I see where you're coming from, but the issue we have here is that your definition of obvious is different to the law's definition of obvious. Unfortunately we need to operate within the parameters of law.

But according to the laws of the game, one of the factors to consider when deciding whether the player would have had an obvious goal scoring opportunity, is the direction of play, and as mentioned above, the fact that this player is not moving directly towards the player's goal, means that the...

In my opinion, this can't be classed as a DOGSO, despite all comments about the players ability to score from that angle. Under law 12, S5 is "denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick"...