If a team uses a high defensive line and pushes their defenders too far up the pitch leaving no one in their own half, a cunning striker can exploit this by making a run behind the defenders without the risk of being caught offside. This gives them a huge head start and leaves them in a one-v-one situation with the keeper and a great opportunity to score. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. What does the official rule state?
As such, your second-last opponent is caught out and is only near the halfway mark. To be in an offside position, you will have to meet both of the criteria. In this scenario, you are still considered as onside. In this scenario, you will also only meet one of the 2 criteria to be in an offside position:.
Only in this scenario, will you be called offside. This is because you meet both criteria to be in an offside position:. In this match , Chelsea scored a quick counter-attacking goal. You can see Willian passing the ball to Fernando Torres. Torres is in front of both the ball and the second-last opponent. If he had received the pass when he was after the halfway line , it would have been offside!
In this game, Tottenham was breaking on the counter from a Sunderland corner. An attacking player may step or stay off the field of play not to be involved in active play.
If the player re-enters from the goal line and becomes involved in play before the next stoppage in play, or the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside its penalty area, the player shall be considered to be positioned on the goal line for the purposes of offside. If an attacking player remains stationary between the goalposts and inside the goal as the ball enters the goal, a goal must be awarded unless the player commits an offside offence or Law 12 offence in which case play is restarted with an indirect or direct free kick.
News Go back News. George's Park Go back St. Go back Shop. The player with the red arrow pointed at him is in an offside position.
He is considered the second to last defender because he is the closer to his own goal line than any other player besides the goalkeeper. However, if the player in the red circle decided to pass it to a player with a blue arrow, than it would not be considered offside because both players with blue arrows are not past the final defender yellow arrow. The player in the red circle is getting ready to pass the ball to the center of the box where the blue arrow is pointing.
His goal is to have one of his own players hit the ball with their head in order to put the ball in the net. However, at the moment the ball is kicked, four players from the team in blue are all past the final defender the last defender is marked at the yellow line.
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