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I thought it was offside at 1st, but maybe not later.

someone was mentioning about the Fifa rule book or law 11.11 DEFENDER LEGALLY OFF THE FIELD OF PLAY A defender who leaves the field during the course of play and does not immediately return must still be considered in determining where the second to last defender is for the purpose of judging which attackers are in an offside position. Such a defender is considered to be on the touchline or goal line closest to his off-field position. A defender who leaves the field with the referee's permission (and who thus requires the referee's permission to return) is not included in determining offside position.

I think the Itailian defender was actually pushed off the pitch by his own keeper too and (maybe injured in the process a little), but I guess it's still not under the permission of the referee and so counted still as the last man.

[ Last edited by Edgar_Davids on 2008-6-10 at 10:34 AM ]

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Originally posted by Edgar_Davids at 2008-6-10 10:33 AM:


I finally understand what you're doing....

[ Last edited by Edgar_Davids on 2008-6-10 at 10:35 AM ]

lol, you said reply and I did it 'literally' but wanted to edit but the browser hanged at that time, so you edited first

woooot

June 9 (Reuters) - A Euro 2008 controversy broke out on Monday over Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first goal for Netherlands against Italy with referees and players arguing about an interpretation of the offside law.

Van Nistelrooy scored in the 26th minute of his team’s 3-0 Group C win in Berne, turning a fierce drive from Wesley Sneijder past keeper Gianluigi Buffon from close range.

The Italians protested he was offside and video replays showed him in what looked a blatant offside position. Van Nistelrooy and his team mates looked nervously around expecting the linesman’s flag as they celebrated the goal.

But later there was confusion about whether Italy defender Christian Panucci had played the Dutch striker onside.

Panucci fell and went off the field of play behind the byline after clashing with other players in the preceding goalmouth scramble and was lying injured on his back when the ball went into the net.

Austrian referees’ commission chairman Gerhard Kapl was quoted on the Austrian Web site www.sportal.at as saying the goal was correctly awarded.

“The injured player behind the goal counts as a player on the field and therefore it was not offside,” said Kapl.

Predictably, Dutch players said the goal was good and Italian players said it was not.

UEFA were unable to clear up the matter immediately and none of the experts quoted on various TV networks seemed able to point to a rule in FIFA’s laws of the game which could clarify the position.

UEFA media official Richard Hurni told Reuters at the stadium: “There won’t be anything official tonight. It will probably be at the briefing tomorrow.”

Tournament organisers hold a daily media briefing at 0900 GMT. UEFA general secretary David Taylor was due to be at Tuesday’s briefing.

(Writing by Paul Radford; assessment by Reuters reporters)

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news ... uters&type=lgns

woooot

順便加了video link ，每個評論員當時一定是說越位

http://videos.sapo.pt/iwz7dl6FfK48ievT1GTm
Van Nistelrooy Goal

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Italian Refereeing Chief: Van Nistelrooy Goal Legitimate

The president of the Italian referee association (AIA), Cesare Gussoni, believes that Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s opener was legitimate despite a massive claim for offside.

The Real Madrid striker pounced on a razor sharp cross from Sneijder to tap in from close range.

Replay’s can clearly show the player in an offside position but Italy defender Christian Panucci was deemed by the linesman to have played Van Nistelrooy onside even though the stopper was off the pitch and down on the touchline with what seemed like an injury.  

Nevertheless, the goal stood and Gussoni believes it was legitimate despite the whole of Italy going berzerk when it was allowed to stand.  

“The linesman applied UEFA’s ruling 100 per cent,” said Gussoni.  

“He evaluated Panucci’s position as the player who kept Van Nistelrooy onside.  

“I thought it was offside but the replay showed Panucci off the pitch.”  

The rules specify on whether or not a player leaves the field voluntarily or involuntarily in an attempt to play the striker offside.

But, in Panucci’s case, it is impossible to tell whether he left the pitch voluntarily or vice-versa.  

“The sense of the rule is to avoid players leaving the pitch on purpose in an attempt to gain an advantage from playing the other player offside,” said Gussoni.  

http://goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=729918


alot of people still think otherwise though.

woooot

yup, that would be something new learnt , in addition to the spectacular performance by the Dutch team