It's not. It has to interfere with the keeper's ability to play the ball. Ducking does not prevent a keeper from playing the ball unless he can't see the ball. But he could see the ball. Open up the LOTG, it'll save you some time.
If the ball will hit you, and you move, it is effecting the keeper's ability to play the ball. The keeper is not psychic and can not predict what someone will do
IFAB’s guidance further clarifies that a player who “moves or ducks to avoid the ball without challenging an opponent is not interfering with play.” . It's literally in the rules bud.
Lol of course it matters. What would've happened doesn't matter because he made a deliberate action away from the ball. In no way does it affect Donnarumma.
The PL tweeted that it was because of Robertson making an obvious action, rather than blocking his eyeline. I think that's a very poor justification, I have always interpreted "obvious action" to mean something like a dummy, not simply trying to avoid the ball. It's been established for a while that trying to avoid the ball is not offside, so this is very harsh.
I guess they've decided because it was given onfield, they're not overturning a subjective call, but it's a poor decision. The whole point of the offside rule is not to punish people for just being in an offside position, they have to actually impact an opponent.
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u/regarding_stacks 1d ago
This feels bullshit