Robin Van Persie, in an offside position nine yards from goal, did not touch Wesley Sneijder's shot, but having waved a foot at the passing ball, the Dutch forward may have frozen goalkeeper Fernando Muslera long enough to let the soft shot get past the goalie and onto the far post, going in to give the Netherlands a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute.
Sneijder put a shot toward net from 17 yards out to the left of goal. The ball deflected off a Uruguay defender, losing it's momentum while headed for t he goal's far corner. Robin van Persie, barely in an offside position, waved his foot at the bouncing ball but missed it; however, Fernando Muslera's weight seemed to be on his right foot, frozen by the action instead of moving for the shot.
Sneijder's ball bounced past the goalie and into goal, giving the Dutch a 2-1 lead.
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World Cup 2010, Netherlands Vs. Uruguay: Controversial Goal From Wesley Sneijder Gives Dutch 2-1 Lead
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Offsides rulings
Richard, do you listen to the Chappers podcast? The retired English ref Graham Poll said the other day that the offsides on Paraguay against Spain was wrongly called (the long cross into the box), because the only way to be actively involved in a play when you don’t touch the ball is to screen the GK’s view of the ball (jumping up for and missing a header is not, by his account, being involved in the play according the the laws of football). It’s possible that there’s a further nuance to this, but according to Poll’s account, if van Persie didn’t touch the ball he wasn’t involved in the play, because he didn’t impede the GK’s view of the ball, and thus it’s not offsides.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jul 6, 2010 4:40 PM EDT reply actions
graham poll ...
… has already said this one should have been called offside.
and remember, this is graham poll we’re talking about here.
-rf
by Richard Farley on Jul 6, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
just fyi ...
… for people who are interested:
http://twitter.com/MAIL_GPoll/status/17892252534
obviously, it’s debatable in both directions.
-rf
by Richard Farley on Jul 6, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I see
It sounds like the fact that he made an attempt at the shot itself interfered with the GK.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jul 6, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
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