Jamal Al-Sharif decides his decision in the arbitration case (Getty)
Saw the summit that brought my team together Manchester City AndManchester United In the framework of the 18th round of the championship Premier League Football, today, Saturday, a controversial arbitration case regarding the first goal of “United”, which brought it back to the match and contributed to its victory.
During a quick counterattack by Manchester United, a long ball reached the English striker Marcus Rashfordwho was in an offside position, but caught up with the ball without touching it or obstructing its path, so that the Portuguese midfielder, Bruno Fernandez, came from behind and followed it up with a shot on the “bird” in the net.
The referee awarded the goal after returning to Mouse technology And making sure that Rashford does not touch the ball while he is in a state of offside, as well as that Bruno is not in an offside position, and in this context, the arbitration expert explained in Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Jamal SharifThe arbitration case and explained it in detail.
Al-Sharif said: “Rashford was in a very clear offside position, he was behind the defender and was far from him, therefore there is no effect by Rashford on the defensive player’s ability to play the ball, running towards the passed ball in itself is not a violation, unless there is a clear effect on the ability of competitor to play it.
And he continued, “The other side, the player who is in an offside position, did not move in the path of the defender to prevent him from reaching the ball, so if he had done that, Rashford would have been offside, because he would be considered interfering with the opponent, and this did not happen.”
And he concluded in this regard, “If Rashford played or touched the ball, he would become involved in the play, and therefore he would be offside, and here the assistant referee’s position was correct, because Rashford did not affect the defending player and his ability to play the ball as we mentioned, so the United striker is far from him, so the referee’s decision was correct.” “.
It is noteworthy that this goal gave great confidence to Manchester United, who scored a second goal after 4 minutes and defeated Manchester City (2-1), to achieve a valuable victory through which he advanced to third place with 38 points, behind City, which has 39 points.
