Referees in England for the Premier League and Football League have been told to change their current interpretation of the offside rule after a major dispute over Manchester City’s goal scored by Bernardo Silva against Aston Villa last week. According to a report published by “Sky Sports”.
Under the current interpretation, referee John Moss and his assistant Darren were correct in their decision that the goal should count, but under the new law the goal would be canceled.
The English Premier League and the English Football League have sent a letter to 91 professional clubs regarding the new amendments that will be effectively implemented from now until further notice.
This means that he will be left to the judgment of the referee during the next matches to cancel such a goal if it was scored in a similar way.
What does modification mean?
From now on, any player who does the same as Manchester City’s Rodri and deceives the opposing defender will be called a foul.
But despite this, if a player is in an offside position and receives the ball with a wrong pass from the opponent, an offside will not be counted, something that Aston Villa team against Newcastle United benefited from on Saturday, when Fabian Sharr made a mistake in clearing the ball to reach Ole Watkins, who scored with the header. .
Despite this clarification, the rule remains in a gray area and is left to the judgment of the referees, because it is up to the judge to determine whether the game is affected by the offside player or not.
Sky network wondered how long it would take for Rodri, who was in an offside position against Villa, to return to the game and try properly to win the ball.
What happened?
During the Aston Villa match against Manchester City, which ended with the latter winning 2-0, Tyrone Mings made a mistake in clearing the ball after City’s Rodry interfered with the game and was in an offside position.
Villa defender Tyrone Mings had commented on the clip saying, “I have never heard of this rule, don’t let players stop offside and then come back and cut the ball from you?
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