AHEAD OF THE Premier League’s return next weekend, the International FA Board (IFAB) has issued new guidance to match officials around the offside law.
The two new points of guidance are an addition to the current interpretation of interfering with an opponent but do not constitute an actual change in the Laws of the Game.
The additions are:
A player in an offside position shall be penalised if he:
1. clearly attempts to play a ball which is close to him when this action impacts on an opponent
OR
2. makes an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball.
The first part of the guidance has three elements — clearly attempts to play a ball; close to him and that this action impacts on an opponent. All three of these elements are required for an offside, according to the Premier League’s official website.
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It says: “Judgement should be based on the physicalevidence of the movement and actions of the player in an offside position. Attacking players who clearly attempt to play a ball which is close to them, and in doing so clearly impact on an opponent’s ability to play the ball, should be penalised.”
They give the example of this ball from Eden Hazard to Diego Costa as a situation where an offside offence has been committed.
The second part of the guidance has two elements — obvious action and impact.
For an offside to be penalised “match officials will have to consider whether an obvious action by an attacking player in an offside position means that the opponent would need to delay his action to wait and see if the attacking player in an offside position touches or plays the ball, and/or, the opponent’s movement or ball-playing options are clearly restricted by the movement and/or actions of the attacking player in an offside position.”
An example of this can be seen in this clip from Arsenal v Liverpool last season, where Raheem Sterling make an obvious action toward the ball.
Take a look at these new offside guidelines for match officials
AHEAD OF THE Premier League’s return next weekend, the International FA Board (IFAB) has issued new guidance to match officials around the offside law.
The two new points of guidance are an addition to the current interpretation of interfering with an opponent but do not constitute an actual change in the Laws of the Game.
The additions are:
The first part of the guidance has three elements — clearly attempts to play a ball; close to him and that this action impacts on an opponent. All three of these elements are required for an offside, according to the Premier League’s official website.
It says: “Judgement should be based on the physical evidence of the movement and actions of the player in an offside position. Attacking players who clearly attempt to play a ball which is close to them, and in doing so clearly impact on an opponent’s ability to play the ball, should be penalised.”
They give the example of this ball from Eden Hazard to Diego Costa as a situation where an offside offence has been committed.
This run by Lukaku against Manchester United is judged under the new guidelines to be a incident where no offside offence has taken place:
The second part of the guidance has two elements — obvious action and impact.
For an offside to be penalised “match officials will have to consider whether an obvious action by an attacking player in an offside position means that the opponent would need to delay his action to wait and see if the attacking player in an offside position touches or plays the ball, and/or, the opponent’s movement or ball-playing options are clearly restricted by the movement and/or actions of the attacking player in an offside position.”
An example of this can be seen in this clip from Arsenal v Liverpool last season, where Raheem Sterling make an obvious action toward the ball.
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