4th goal by CRO; initial views make the scorer look offside, and the replay doesn't help; it's only 10 minutes later when a replay shows the defender walking slowly back from the goalline, keeping the scorer onside; this defender, who kept the attacker onside, is the only one to raise his hand appealing for an offside call;

ball played in towards an offside player who is moving away from the area of active play; the ball hits the back of a defender who is raising his arm for the offside call while turning to look to the AR; the ball rebounds off the defender's back to an onside attacker who scores; sustained protest from defenders; one defender ends up getting two sequential YC for dissent, and is sent off; from Russian broadcast;

two offside decisions - first one very clear - second was flagged by AR because AR didn't see deflection went off defender; referee correctly overrules; referee also must defend AR;

You Make The Call - offside infraction or not?

nice simple example; even though AR 2 yards ahead of OS line, still an easy call

You Make The Call - offside infraction or not?

good example of simple OS

You Make The Call - offside infraction or not?

bizarre situation - OS flag up, OS attacher peels off, then defender picks up ball, with hands, for OS IFK; referee calls handling; AR clearly embarrassed; AR gets next OS call wrong too;

good example of simple OS; lazy return from attack; nice shot, but doesn't count

OS player moves away from the ball, allows an onside player to come on

You Make The Call - offside infraction or not?

You Make The Call - offside infraction or not? The annotated version is rather long, but it is hilarious listening to the commentators discuss Law 11.

You Make The Call - offside infraction or not?

kicker taps out; teammate stops ball; kicker runs from over goalline (= from OS position) to kick ball; AR flags; good call; also, AR helps with 10 yards from arc for defenders;

leaves early on FK; deflection off GoalKeeper; scores; gains an advantage from the OS position; OS negates goal;

in own half; excellent example; one-on-one with GK; misses easy shot;

defender plays back; therefore not OS; referees are not there to protect players from their own mistakes

OS voids goal; player interference; blocks GK vision; English mechanics are different from USSF; USSF says to flag only if it was the scorer who was offside; if another attacker was offside and possibly involved in active play, stand at attention to get the referee's attention;

lazy movement by thrower; defenders move up; ball returned to thrower - OS