03 May 2024 08:01:50
Someone please help me understand why Chelsea's 1st goal was allowed to stand?
Cucrella CLEARLY impedes the Spurs defender, who WOULD have challenged Challobah for the ball. so why doesn't VAR now step in and give the same call it gave us against Chelsea in the Cup Final
I just don't understand it at times. this cannot be called incompetence. it just cannot!
03 May 2024 08:43:44
Cucrella was not offside when he did this.
Endo was offside when he did this and that is the difference.
03 May 2024 09:50:30
What does offside have to do with it though?
He impeded the player - fair challenge? No, so why would it matter if you are onside or offside if you foul or impede another player?
Just don't get it.
03 May 2024 11:04:07
The last couple posts have shown a glaring lack of understanding of the game.
Offside player - can't intervene at all.
Onside player - can intervene within discretion of what a foul is and the refs discretion.
It’s not illegal to block players.
{Ed001's Note - it is if you move to block them, then it is impeding. If you are just stood still and they run into you, then that is fine.}
03 May 2024 11:14:34
The call against Chelsea was that Endo was offside because his interference made him an active player who was offside when the ball was played, in the same way that a player standing in front of the keeper can be offside. Cucu not being offside means it cannot be given offside. It's as simple as that.
03 May 2024 13:35:13
Happens in every game several times in any game up and down the Leagues. Of course it’s a foul but refs rarely give them unless you’re pulled to the ground and even then it’s not certain. Back in the day the Italians used to just concentrate on the player and not even care where the ball was ?♂️.
03 May 2024 15:28:49
If the goal has been disallowed for a foul it would have been the softest foul in the history of the game.
03 May 2024 18:31:37
One was offside the other wasn’t. Pretty simple.
03 May 2024 18:39:10
Football will become like netball soon and fans will want players using pronouns after their names for interviews.
03 May 2024 19:12:28
The problem is more and more teams are using blockers and no ones sure when it becomes a foul. Some teams are 'clever' at set piece's were others foul.
03 May 2024 19:24:59
for sure and the ref can determine that but I’m not sure many refs will interpret that as a player completely stood still. We use blockers like many teams and it comes down to the ref. But to the OP’s dilemma the difference for them is the offside means the offside player basically has to impede no one in any way right cos they’re offside. They basically have to make themselves invisible lol.