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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 1/19/2025

Zluvka 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...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/17/2025

Zluvka 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...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/6/2025

Petr 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. :-)

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Law 11 - Offside 12/26/2024

Stephen 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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Law 11 - Offside 12/21/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

I'm not sure about the restart location. Isn't it more like where the player was when the assistant referee raised the flag?

I have a situation for that, I will also put VAR in there :-)

Situation:
A lone player in an offsi...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/16/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

One more simple situation from the weekend round of our league.

An attacker in an offside position runs for a pass. The goalkeeper also runs to the ball. The goalkeeper kicks the ball out of bounds. The attacker is about two meters away fr...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/13/2024

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello

One last thing please.

1. A5 passes the ball. A12 is in offside position. There is no other teammate nearby. A12 runs to the ball. AR raises the flag when A12 is ten meters from the ball. Why is such a player offside? What...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/15/2024

Michael Billard of Fairfax, Va United States asks...

Our #9 was in an offside position, centrally located. The ball was played through to the left wing where our #11 ran from an onside position. The ref signaled the play was onside. Our #11 dribbled into the box and shot on goal. The keeper saved the s...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/6/2024

Peter Babbage of Hjorring , Denmark asks...

I may have asked this question before ( not sure) but if a player in an offside position attempts to score but misses the ball should he be penalised?...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/16/2024

Duke Christoffersen of Overland Park, KS United States asks...

Hello,

Please see scenario and question below.

Scenario:

The central defender, who is the last defender, attempts to clear the ball out of danger. When he does, it deflects off of an attacking player (who is in an ons...

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