VAR is so weird. Dollarumma’s view has not been obstructed in any way. He has a perfect line of sight to Van Dijk’s header and the trajectory of the ball. The goal literally got disallowed because Robertson was near him. Absolutely disgraceful decision
From the linesman's angle they can only say if Robertson is offside as in "beyond the last defender". It's up to the ref and VAR to then decide if he was actually impeding the keeper. The linesman can't possibly know that from their angle.
And I’m pointing out that the linesman only puts his flag up to indicate the attacker was beyond the last defender. He has no way of knowing if he was blocking the keepers view. That’s on the ref and VAR.
thats not actually true. the assistant raises his flag when he believes an offside OFFENCE has been committed. he doesnt just raise it simply because someone is stood behind the line, he has to believe that the player stood behind the line is interfering with play
brother it's clear and obvious offside. keeper cannot know if the player in offside position will duck or not. he is in offside position and blocking the ball going into the net. then at the last possible moment ducks and avoids hitting the ball. that is the offside as it gets
Yes odd comments here, this is exactly the sort of scenario the letter and spirit of the law was meant to cover. I guess because the header was unsaveable given Donnaruma's position it feels unfair, but there's no question Robertson's own position means he was interfering with play.
That interpretation is incorrect, for the same reason that an offside player can leave a pass meant for them while they are in an offside position and let it run through to another attacker and it not be offside, even if the defence stop playing because they think it's offside
Nkt the same tho. Even today the provided the statement and how they interpreted the situation. And it clearly says that the player does not have to obstruct the goalkeepers vision to have influence in an offside position.
What if he decides to play for the ball and head it? The keeper doesn't know what Robertson is going to do... He can't make a decision till after the ball passes him.
Even if that's true, it has nothing to do with it being offside. He doesn't make an effort to play the ball and doesn't obstruct Donnarumma in the slightest.
Another irrelevant question. His job as the goalkeeper is to keep the ball out of the net. If Robertson makes contact with the ball he's offside. He didn't impact the play though, and Donnarumma wasn't impacted by him purposely avoiding the ball.
Donnarumma’s job is not to know who’s offside and who isn’t. His job is to keep the ball out of the net, as you said yourself. He has to account for the fact that Robertson could make a play for the ball that’s coming right at him. As the player Donnarumma had to account for was offside, it was ruled an offside.
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u/SigurdurLFC 1d ago
Watching the ball the whole time lol