Pretty clearly
by HTownND (2016-12-21 14:23:51)
Edited on 2016-12-21 14:28:31

In reply to: Sane is pretty clearly offsides on the first goal.  posted by ndroman21

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In real time, that's pretty bang bang when you look at the stills.

It wasn't glaring, and definitely not something that was so egregious that it was uncalled. Something that close doesn't get called a lot of the time, that's part and parcel in judgement calls. The idea that something so bang bang is clearly offside is the problem. It wasn't clear, it was about as close as you see, and in the judgement of the ref, who was in perfect position, he wasn't. That's not a hill anyone should be willing to die on.

As for the latter, having watched it again, Cech was having trouble with that ball and the angle before Silva lunged at it.





Silva didn't come in until after the ball had left Sterling's foot, and if you follow Cech's head, it's hard to argue that Silva impacted him. At best Silva got a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, but that ball was going in, whether Silva lunged or not. He was clearly beat, it was an absurd angle and great ball from Sterling. There is a replay (I'll go searching) that shows the angle from behind Sterling where you can track his eyes/head. (see the link from 1:55 on, Cech wasn't slow to get to his left because of Silva, it just flat out beat him because it was an absurd angle and great shot)



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