Men's Soccer (Football) Thread [ARCHIVED] Soccer • Page 1676

The ball was headed backwards, deflected off a Sporting defender.

 

But seriously, give Bryan Gil more minutes. He brings energy to the team when no one else does.

 

When Lewy handed the ball back to the official after the penalty was overturned, it was obvious he was thinking “why the hell did I leave”

 

lol

 

Sadly (for you, not me admittedly) that doesn’t matter.

The ball going backwards is a common misconception regarding offsides. It’s about the players position relative to the ball, not the trajectory. So Kane is ahead of the ball, therefor he can be offside even though it was passed backwards. Weird quirk I guess.

As for the defender touching it, it only matters if it’s viewed as an intentional attempt to play the ball, which this isn’t because it’s just headed at him from super close range. So then they just had to work out if he was offside, which he was.

Correct decision by the letter of the law, although again my view is if you can’t tell if it’s offside in 30 seconds, give the goal.

 

the ball going backwards thing is one of those silly things commentators say all the time despite having no relevance to the offside rule.

 

A fun thread or two

 

This is legitimately insane when shown like this

 

This is following some very "Have you tried not being gay?" comments from the UK Foreign Secretary this week - UK minister criticised over call for gay World Cup fans to show respect in Qatar

 

“The British have a long tradition of being respectful of other peoples cultures” lmao how are politicians around the world so bad at messaging.

 

Should point out that video is a comedy sketch, following the comments in the article from the actual Foreign Secretary

 

Yeah, it’s more clear now. Still absurd that a backwards pass that’s deflected off a defenders hand in the box ends up benefiting the defensive team lol

 

The Athletic is reporting that Spurs are “watching” Oblak as a successor to Lloris. I’d imagine that’d be very expensive.

 

I really wish we had pulled the trigger in the summer

 

Ahhhhhh that makes more sense

 

Smells like a City purchase next summer

 

I really want to see him play more. So exciting with the ball.

 

This could be really cool or really lame lol

 

Lovely goal by Xavi Simons there, some great close control

Edit - or not. Offside. First disallowed one was a nice finish by Gakpo too

 

Garnacho getting his first start tonight.

 

You love to see it. High hopes for him. Hope Pellistri gets some minutes too.

 

Oh Arsenal...

 

Christ PSV need to stay onside. 3 offside goals today and all were obvious.