How can he be offside when it came off the heart player?
cannot gain advantage from being in an offside position when the ball is played by one of your own team
it doesn't matter if it touches an opposition player on the way thru, if you are in an offside position when your player plays it and gain advantage from that
Big difference between deflection and played at.That was not offside and obviously the lino thought it got passed to Ward by a Phoenix player, when it wasn't the case.
go read the fifa rule book
it is solely
a) are you in an offside position when your team mate plays it and
b) did you gain advantage
he was and he did
end of
deflection or played at has nothing to do with it
A) He wasn't offside when he played the ball, because was on the ball.
End of
Can't be offside when the ball comes off an opposition player.
You actually can be if you were in an offside position when the ball was played by your player,and gain an advantage i.e ball played through deflects off opposition player and still goes to you,you would be offside.
so mjp2 is right,but it clearly doesnt apply in this instance. I suspect he hasnt seen the incident...
"Phoenix till they lose"