David Villa's goal for Spain against Portugal Tuesday was top class. Everything from Iniesta's pass to Xavi's back heel to David Villa's killer strike that rebounded off the goalkeeper and back to him, and then into the top of the net.
But it should have been disallowed for offside.
Watch the above video to see the incident and to see how both the referee and assistant referee's line of sight were blocked.
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Villa indeed seems offside in this video but as you mentioned the linesman could not tell because there’s a Portuguese player blocking his view and also I can tell he was not perfectly placed to judge. Had he been further to the right he could have seen it. Makes me wonder about Italy’s disallowed goal which was very close against Slovakia.
I don’t think he’s offside. Go frame by frame and watch the moment the ball is released: at 0.03 secs when the ball is passed, there are three Portugal Defenders and two Spain players between Villa and the goal.
For the 3-D model, the video is stopped when the ball is almost half-way to Villa.
He is offside, as my 9-year-old pointed out during the replays on ESPN. The point at which the 3-D view shows him offside is exactly the instant when the ball is flicked onward by another Spanish player. Flicked onward deliberately, _not_ deflected. So Villa’s position at that instant is the point.
I agree about the AR position: he appears to be about a yard behind the 2nd-to-last defender, other players blocking his view.
Hi Mark,
I thought he was offside on replays on ESPN but honestly couldn’t confirm because it was a very close call. I thought Italy’s disallowed goal was as close too as the defender’s foot (slovakia) was actually shading Quagi’s body when he scored. If the Italian goal was offside, then this was too.
The linesman was completely in a blind spot because of the Portuguese defender. The linesman should have been further to the right in the sense closer to the corner flag.
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