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It was surely offside and it had to be disallowed. But it also showed that the offside rule is not perfect. Being offside indicates advantage. Yet, Saponara, being offside, was actually disadvantaged. He had to run back for the ball. If he wasn't offside, he'd have gotten the ball faster.

An offside call is not a subjective call. A player is, or he isn't offside. And if he is, the goal is disallowed. Now, the question is: When is a player considered offside? FIFA has an offside rule, which is regularly updated and refs, coaches, players are informed about the updates. Here it is...

I'm among the minority that don't find the two penalty calls shocking at all. In both cases the ball came from a corner kick cross and I don't see how can we consider it ball to hand when the distance between the corner and the penalty box is 20-30 meters. I wouldn't give penalties for a...