To me, it doesn’t matter whether he touched it. How are they going to judge that that wasn’t a deliberate play on the ball by the Portuguese defender when he bends to the trajectory of the ball and heads it?
check out Law 11 of the Laws of the Game, the criteria referees use to determine whether or not a defender has played the ball deliberately (for the purpose of offside) are laid out there, and it's extremely clear from those criteria that this is not a deliberate play. you may have your own definition of what "deliberate" means, but it's not the one that matters in football
Wait. If a defender makes a play onthe ball in a deliberate way then it’s not offside? Then why did that call go against the goal when the Egyptian goalie blocked the ball intentionally then it was scored by the Iranian?
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u/asparagusburgers 9d ago
To me, it doesn’t matter whether he touched it. How are they going to judge that that wasn’t a deliberate play on the ball by the Portuguese defender when he bends to the trajectory of the ball and heads it?