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Offside rule victim? Garcia's "superfluous" interception indirectly led barca to concede a goal

Offside rule victim? Garcia's "superfluous" interception indirectly led barca to concede a goal

Live Bar February 18, Barca in the Europa League knockout play-off first leg 1-1 draw with Napoli, this game Napoli goals seem to be undisputed, but the loss of the ball still caused Barca players and managers to doubt and dissatisfaction with the offside rules.

In the 28th minute of Barca's conceded goal, Napoli launched a long pass attack, Barca centre-back Eric Garcia's header intercepted, but did not release the ball far away, Napoli then scored through a second attack.

Offside rule victim? Garcia's "superfluous" interception indirectly led barca to concede a goal

It is worth noting that through the slow-motion look back, it can be found that The initial long pass of Napoli is clearly in an offside position, in other words, if Eric Garcia did not intercept the opponent's long pass, then the result of this attack is most likely to be to blow Osmayne offside, and the ball will return to Barca.

However, this statement is clearly contrary to the duty of the defender on the pitch, and Barca centre-back Pique expressed his doubts after the game, saying: "In that goal conceded, Eric should have cut off the other side's pass. The offside rule is now somewhat vague and confusing, and this time the penalty is not good for us. ”

Garcia himself said after the game: "I talked to Koulibaly after the game and as a defender you can't let the ball pass like this, but the referee told us that the striker (Osmayne) did not interfere with the attack. The rules have to change because the result is hurtful. ”

Barca boss Xavi also pointed out after the game: "It's ridiculous because one player oversided us to intercept the ball, and the situation on this ball is the same as Mbappe's time." ”

Harvey's "Kylian Mbappe situation" is also the controversial winning goal of Mbappe in last year's UEFA Nations League final, when the French defender Theo passed mbappe's pass was obviously offside, but after Garcia intercepted the touch of the ball and refracted, the referee decided that Mbappe's final goal did not constitute offside.

Offside rule victim? Garcia's "superfluous" interception indirectly led barca to concede a goal
Offside rule victim? Garcia's "superfluous" interception indirectly led barca to concede a goal

The hapless Garcia suffered a similar offside controversy penalty again in less than half a year.

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