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twinsfan -> RE: European soccer (5/12/2019 12:22:59 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser
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ORIGINAL: twinsfan
There's offside in soccer? Watching Dortmund vs Dusseldorf. I couldn't believe it....I actually saw a "goal" live...I was initially very impressed. All of a sudden it's like "Hey, that might not count!" I'm like, HUH??? Replay shows it was offside. But they don't explain what that means. Where's the blue line? So they take the goal off the board. 0-0. That will probably be the final score.
This would be a lot easier in person but I'll try to explain. First off, yes and no. You can't be offside if you are on your side of the pitch (the defending side) but as soon as you cross over the mid field point, any part of that side of the pitch you can be. You also can't be offside on a throw in no matter where you are on the pitch.
So, assuming you are on the attacking side of the pitch, and it's not a throw in, you can be offside at any point. But you are right, there is no static 'blue line' as you called it. No attacking player can be past the last defender when the ball is kicked. That's the key. It's why you see (in a traditional 4-4-2 setup) all 4 defenders trying to keep a straight back line. They will all push up the pitch at the same time, where possible. It makes communication so important. It doesn't even matter if it's not 'your guy' that scores. If, lets say, you are playing left full back and a guy scores from the farthest place away from you, if you are farther up the pitch (towards goal) from him, it doesn't even matter where his actual defender is. You played him onside.
Make sense?
Kind of, yes. Thanks!
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