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Until recently, the offside rule stated that you are in an offside position if any part of the body you can score with is behind the last defender. You can’t score with your arm or hands, so they can’t make you offside. If any other part of you is behind the last defender, you’re in an offside position.
Harry Kane is offside here because he is behind the last defender when the ball is played forward to him.
Before 2019, we relied on hapless bald linesmen to make offside decisions. These linesmen would have to monitor when the ball was played forward and simultaneously whether the attacking player is in an offside position. This is a tough task because often the ball will be played forward from more than 20 yards away and some footballers (Ronaldo, Agbonlahor etc) are quick. Linesmen’s decisions were analysed to death in slow motion by clueless football pundits who, with the camaraderie of the changing room a d
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