Doesn't matter, though
by wcnitz (2020-10-19 13:57:49)
Edited on 2020-10-19 14:01:54

In reply to: Except the card could have been shown to Pickford.  posted by NDMike2001


It isn't when the whistle is blown, it's the point of the infraction. Offside is the one exception where something like serious foul play isn't punished if it comes after the infraction. The pundits who keep talking about the whistle are missing the point. The law has to be adjusted to account for it.

Specifically, this passage in 11:
an offence is committed against a player in an offside position who is already playing or attempting to play the ball, or challenging an opponent for the ball, the offside offence is penalised as it has occurred before the foul challenge

That's why Richarlison gets a red and Pickford doesn't.


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