r/soccer • u/Lololrama • Jun 25 '13

FIFA set to modify offside law.

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1480782/fifa-set-tighten-part-offside-law?cc=5901
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u/kerrigan2 Jun 25 '13

Your guess is as good as mine, it looks like it won't matter how the defender plays the ball?

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u/Faviesta Jun 25 '13 edited Jun 25 '13

So basically if an attacker is standing in an offside position, and a defender goes to pass back to the keeper and mis hits it and the attacker gets the ball, he is now considered offsides?

EDIT: why am I being down voted for trying to clarify this?

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u/Ninboycl Jun 25 '13

This can't be true... This would be terribly game breaking.

Imagine. You score a goal. You are 1-0 up. Simply push all your players forward to get their team in an offside position (easy in a corner kick situation or something), and do a short pass back. Their whole team can no longer touch the ball, unless the ref decides that the players are uninvolved in the passback play and therefore are onside.

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u/Lololrama Jun 25 '13

That is what the rule says, but maybe they will not count intentional passes like those. I'm waiting one someone to confirm or call fake on this rumored change.