1. “Interfering with an opponent”
Clarification
In addition to the situations already outlined in the Laws of the Game, a player in an
offside position shall also be penalised if he:
• clearly attempts to play a ball which is close to him when this action impacts on an
opponent
or
• makes an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to
play the ball
• ‘clearly attempts’ – this wording is designed to prevent a player who runs towards
the ball from quite a long distance being penalised (unless he gets close to the ball).
• ‘close’ is important so that a player is not penalised when the ball goes clearly over
his head or clearly in front of him.
• ‘impact’ applies to an opponent’s ability (or potential) to play the ball and will
include situations where an opponent’s movement to play the ball is delayed,
hindered or prevented by the offside player.
However, just because a player is an offside position it does not always mean that he
has an impact. For example:
• if the ball is on the right-hand side of the field and an ‘offside’ player in the centre
of the field moves into a new attacking position he is not penalised unless this
action affects an opponent’s ability to play the ball
• where a player tries to play the ball as it is going into the goal without affecting an
opponent, or in situations where there is no opposition player near, he should not
be penalised
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