Did Chiellini any of the following. If the Refs eyes? No. In other words: He wasn't offside:
A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball
touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee,
involved in active play by:
• interfering with play or
• interfering with an opponent or
• gaining an advantage by being in that position
I've seen plenty of situations similar to Chiellini's since the implementation of the new offside-rules and most of the tiem the Refs sees it as not being an offence. The refereeing "experts" af Danish television agrees with that consensus as well.
Did Chiellini any of the following. If the Refs eyes? No. In other words: He wasn't offside:
I've seen plenty of situations similar to Chiellini's since the implementation of the new offside-rules and most of the tiem the Refs sees it as not being an offence. The refereeing "experts" af Danish television agrees with that consensus as well.
Did Chiellini any of the following. If the Refs eyes? No. In other words: He wasn't offside:
I've seen plenty of situations similar to Chiellini's since the implementation of the new offside-rules and most of the tiem the Refs sees it as not being an offence. The refereeing "experts" af Danish television agrees with that consensus as well.
Yep, but as I understand it FIFA during the implementation stressed that interfering meant actual contact with the ball (or very close to) or at least that was how it was presented by a former referee on Danish television.
But I think that as soon as he tries to head the ball he has to be given offside.
I accept that generally the 'interfering with play' rule can't be strictly implemented because everyone who is vaguely in the vicinity of the ball is always interfering with play to some extent and I don't think anyone wants to return to a 1970's interpretation of the offside rule.
Yep, but as I understand it FIFA during the implementation stressed that interfering meant actual contact with the ball (or very close to) or at least that was how it was presented by a former referee on Danish television.
His central position is probably the only real interference, because really there is no Napoli player near Caceres.
As soon as the first replay was shown you could see it would be incident where someone could find fault with positioning or an offside, but really Napoli defended it very poorly and it was millimetres.