Dubai Blue
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I've done a rather crude drawing of it:east2 said:Incorrect,offside as they were goalside of the last defender,therefore as there was only the goalkeeper between them the ref was correct,no goal!bluenova said:It was onside - I was deffo wrong earlier.
Fifa laws of the game:
A player is in an offside position if:
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/81/42/36/lawsofthegameen.pdf
So, if he was behind the ball he was onside.
This has to be onside.
The ball doesn't have to go backwards, the player just has to be behind the ball when it's played. This would have been offside: