Manchester City derby, Manchester United defeated Manchester City 2-1, but the equaliser goal was hugely controversial, and the Blue Moon players were very unhappy about it. So should this goal be counted as a goal?
Let's go back and look at the goal. In the 78th minute, Casemiro went straight and Marcus Rashford was in an offside position, running along the way, but did not touch the ball the whole time, and finally scored by B Fei! The linesman blew off the goal at the first time, but the referee on duty Atwell finally changed the verdict to be effective, and Manchester United equalized!
Manchester City players are very unhappy about this and have been surrounding the referee to say something. Even after the game, Guardiola held two fingers toward the audience.
Simon Stone, a well-known journalist, analyzed: "Obviously, Rashford did not touch the ball in the case of offside, so the next step is to judge whether he interfered with the game and whether City's defenders were hindered by Rashford. ”
Let's take a look at what the rules actually say:
A player who is offside at the moment a teammate passes or touches the ball will be awarded an offside foul if he or she then participates in the game as follows:
Interference with the game after a teammate passes or touches the ball;
or interfere with opposing players, including:
By significantly obstructing the opposing player's line of sight, impeding the opposing player's ability to handle the ball, or competing with the opposing player, or obviously trying to touch the nearest incoming ball, and the action affects the opposing player, etc.
Rashford did not touch the ball during his run, there is no doubt about it, but he kept running with the ball, trying to touch the ball, and there were pauses and movements that seemed to be about to shoot, which interfered with Manchester City's defenders and goalkeeper Ederson to some extent.
Therefore, this goal of B Fei is indeed very controversial, and if it is blown off, there is no problem.