Originally posted by dragg:this is a stupid logic. panucci clashed with buffon and got injured. he did not walk off the field. how can someone injured outside the field be considered onside? i seriously doubt anyone on or off the field can instantly read that situation correctly as onside.
Sometimes you do see in matches where a member of the defending team goes down injured in his half and inadvertently plays the offensive team onside. How would the referee at that instant know whether the player actually sustained injuries or not when the game was going at a neckbreaking speed? This actually applies the same logic as the above situation.
Perhaps the fault should not lie in the referee for interpreting the rules to the letter, but rather on the part of the Italian defence for not knowing the rules well. Had the Italians stuck to RVN and not tried to spring the offside trap instead under such a situation, they might have prevented that goal.
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becos of this match.. i have brought a new hi-5 set, a new laptop for gf, a new bed, and a new hp =)