In the early morning of October 11, Beijing time, France defeated Spain 2:1 in the final of the European League, and in the 80th minute of the game, Mbappe scored the winning goal. However, there has been a lot of controversy over whether this goal is offside. Although there have been many cases before, the emergence of such an important final has forced people to re-examine the rules.
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Many media and fans and even players believe that Mbappe is in offside position at the moment of passing. However, the point of contention is that Spanish defender Eric Garcia intervened in Theo Hernandez's pass, and whether this is his voluntary intervention remains to be seen.
Spain boss Enrique spoke about the goal after the game, believing the offside looked very obvious but was not interested in talking about these things. France boss Deschamps said: "It's a goal and I don't know what the criteria are . ”
Busquets said after the game: "We moved the defender line forward and Mbappe was offside. But the referee told us that Eric Garcia tried to touch the ball, but Garcia just tried to cut off the pass line like all centre-backs. ”
Garcia said: "Yes, I touched the ball. But the referee told me I shouldn't touch that ball and that rule was very tough for our players. He was interviewed at the airport and spoke again about the goal, "I thought it was offside, I tried to block the ball and then the referee said it took a new stage in the attack. "I asked him do you understand these new offside rules?" The referee told me not to talk about this now. ”
Since 2014, the International Football Council has made structural adjustments and revisions to the Rules of Football Competition at the 127th, 128th and 129th Annual General Assembly of the International Football Council, and has successively adopted decisions on the revision of relevant contents. At the annual general meeting of the International Football Council in March 2016, the most comprehensive revision of the "Rules of Football Competition", namely the 16/17 "Rules of Football Competition", was officially adopted, which is also the most revised and changed rule in history.
"Intentional touch" and "save" are just new in the 16/17 rule, but both of them have a big premise, simply put, the offside player does not interfere with the game, not every "intentional touch" can not judge the offside, and it is necessary to consider the two situations of "intentional touch" and "save" in the case that the offside player does not interfere with the game.
With regard to "intentional touching of the ball", the rules of the football competition clearly state that "a player in an offside position who receives the ball after the opposing player intentionally touches the ball (except for any member of the opposing team to save the ball) is not considered a profit".
According to the French media RMC, according to the rules, it seems that the penalty can be understood, that is, the player in the offside position receives the ball that the opponent intends to touch, including with the hand or arm, and is not considered to have any advantage from his position. Unless the opponent is saving the ball, which involves intercepting or attempting to intercept a ball facing the goal with any part of the body (except hands and arms), except of course the goalkeeper in his own penalty area.
Alfonso Perez, a referee expert for Spain's Marca newspaper, said: "Mbappe intervened in the match and even though Garcia touched the ball, Mbappe remained in an offside position. When france's offside was so obvious, the video assistant referee couldn't draw the offside line. ”
Players returning from or offside must be penalized if they affect the opposing player's ability to kick and fight, or obstruct the opposing player's forward path. Alfonso Perez believes that Mbappe will not interfere with Garcia's movements, and he can easily release the ball or do other things.
Retired Italian referee Pieri also believes: "It seems that everyone thinks that the ball Mbappe is offside, but before he touched the ball, Eric Garcia slid and touched the ball, which made Mbappe no longer in an offside position, and Mbappe also completed the goal after getting the ball." "I think Garcia's touch is intentional, so Mbappe is not offside."
After the implementation of the 16/17 rule, there has been a lot of controversy, especially the subtle difference between "intentionally touching the ball" and "saving the ball". On September 14, 2020, henan jianye in the 11th round of the first stage of the Chinese Super League against Shenzhen Kaisa, in the 10th minute, Mali inserted a teammate's cross in front of the road and easily pushed the goal, but this goal caused a lot of controversy.
As can be seen from the freeze frame in the picture, shenzhen Kaisa was suspected of offside at the moment of the cross, but because Henan Jianye defender Han Xuan touched the ball and was identified as "intentionally touching the ball", the goal was not judged to be offside.
On January 6 this year, in the semi-finals of the English League Cup, Spurs beat Brentford 2:0 at home to advance to the final, and Spurs scored a goal when they led 1:0, because goalkeeper Lowry touched the ball, which belonged to the goalkeeper "to save" and not "intentionally touch the ball", so the goalkeeper was ruled invalid in an offside position.
However, even if Mbappe did not offside, the confusion and discussion brought about by the new rules still caused concern in football, and England star Reinkel said, "There should be updated offside rules to replace the ridiculous new offside rules." Rulemakers have complicated things too much in recent years, both offside and handball. "The referee should only enforce the rules, not decide on the spot what the rules are."
Upstream journalist Tang Hao