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Originally Posted by Coys1882
This forum is probably a good place to start Meelapo!
Offside is very complicated in now they have different phases and active and inactive players but ultimately it's defined as this:
When the ball is played forward - the attacking player must have at least two players between him and the goal line. So one defender and a keeper or two defenders (see disallowed Mexican goal opening day World Cup last summer). Think of it as a floating blue line where the blue line goes from touchline to touchline on the last defender up to the centre line.
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Ah okay. That makes sense. I always thought it had something to do with the sideline ref...like he was some sort of floating blueline marker. So if the attacking player has to have two defenders (or a goalie and one defender) between him and the goal line you can't really have hail mary type of passes that lead to breakways can you?
The only time you could have one (a breakaway) really is if there's enough room between the last defender and the goalie and that defender is pinching and you just run right past the guy. Is that correct or am I thinking too much hockey?
Are breakaways, if they exist in soccer, common? Seems like there's far too many players on the 'pitch' for that to happen often.