Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
Here's a random rules question for those who like that sort of thing (it happened in a game I watched recently and I thought the ref was wrong but I could be wrong).
The match is between the Blues and the Reds. The Blues have the ball in their own left back area and their player pings a direct ball over the top, hoping to beat the offside trap to where their striker, let's call him Inzaghi, is making a forward run. However, the Reds defensive line is well organised and they step up in unison, meaning that Inzaghi is miles offside when the ball is played. However, one of the Reds players, let's call him Mihajlovic, handles the ball in order to stop it from reaching Inzaghi. Because it hasn't reached Inzaghi, he has not been flagged offside. Mihajlovic is therefore shown a yellow card for deliberate handball.
I thought it seemed grossly unfair but I don't really know the ruling.