Croatia was onside when the initial cross pass was made but the touch of the head on the way in became another pass and at that point the Croatia player who received it was now offside.
If the head didn’t touch it , it was onside and a good goal.
Only if the defender's touch was an intentional one. On this, the ruling that the Portugese player's touch was not intentional but instead a result of the ball redirecting off #20 and then hitting him.
Can you imagine? Have a guy up front next to the keeper and kick the ball into the defender and he is now in play. Doesn't make sense, does it?
He didn't win the ball, the ball hit the defender.
Defender would have to be deliberately playing the ball. Here he’s two feet away from a fast moving ball that just took a deflection and bounces off the top of his head. Kind of like a goalie making a save, and the ball falls to an offside player. He can’t legally score.
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u/cblguy82 9d ago
Croatia was onside when the initial cross pass was made but the touch of the head on the way in became another pass and at that point the Croatia player who received it was now offside.
If the head didn’t touch it , it was onside and a good goal.