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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
Yeah, I think it should matter what body part is offside and how far away from the goal. Maddison's elbow being centimeters offside so far away from the goal gave him no advantage whatsoever.
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I don't think you understand. Elbows aren't considered because you can't use them to legally touch the ball during the run of play. If they did consider his elbow than that's contrary to the laws of the game.
Edit: I've looked it. It seems they were judging his shoulder, not his elbow (though very close at that). And it was 25-30 yards from goal. That's not even that far!! Of course that distance should be included in being off.
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Originally Posted by AlexB
Not sure if we’re talking about the same incident here? Maddison’s ruled out goal had nothing to do with running from the halfway line
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It was said 40 yards from goal. It's close enough to the half way line (there is no separate "offside line" in soccer).
I will say than even 40 yards out, I've seen breakaways from that far which resulted in a very good chance at goal.