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Old 06-14-2010, 12:14 PM   #3
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Re: The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Thread

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Originally Posted by davy View Post
Just to clear up this.

You have to have 2 people between you and the goal.

The keeper came out for the cross so there was only the defender on the line between the scorer and the goal.

Correctly given offside.
Yeah, little known rule since the GK is almost always the second player. It was funny watching the broadcast live. One of the commentators initially said the Mexicans were robbed of a goal since the South African defender was on the line, but then never said anything similar during later replays. You could tell someone in the booth whispered the rule in his ear and he tried not to bring his mistake to light.
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