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Originally Posted by danielf
There's some controversy over Switzerland's second goal. A Switzerland player passes it to another player, who is deemed offside by the linesman (the flag is up). A Korean player however, has touched the ball before it reaches the player in offside position. That player scores, and the referee awards the goal. This is all in the final third, so there is not a lot of space.
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As the original pass was a square ball it looked to me as if the linesman thought a Swiss player passed to Frei rather than it coming off a Korean.
Anyway, Frei was onside when the original ball was played. Good decision by the ref.
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Originally Posted by danielf
Should it stand or not? I would think that when the ball is passed to a player in offside position and the flag goes up, play should stop at that point, and the Korea player touching the ball is irrelevant. The decision is about the moment the ball leaves the passer's foot. Not what happens after that.
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FIFA's new idea is that a player should only be flagged offside when he receives the ball.
As the expression goes, play to the whistle.