Experts agree that Edu was not offside, and yet his goal was simply wiped away with the wrong call.
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Accies' top scorer Mickael Antoine-Curier made his team's starting line-up, despite concerns that a knee injury might preclude his participation, and had he not strayed offside an equaliser might well have resulted.
Di Santo was released by Steven N'Zonzi but seemed surprised that he had not been flagged offside, delayed and enabled Jamie Carragher to get back with a covering challenge before he could shoot.
There's only three penalty offences - cynical play (side entry etc), not rolling away and offside.
For all offences other than offside, not entering through the gate, and Law 10 - Foul Play, the sanction is a free kick.
His fans, many of them the young women who idolised pop music stars, were happy to pay money to watch him, whether or not they understood the offside rule.
United immediately responded with a goal for Fortune and despite prolonged haranguing by the Boro players, the linesman refused to back down from a controversial decision not to give the South African offside.
Replays suggested Keane was offside - and it was not to be the only contentious decision of the game.
Taylor collided with the post after he cleared a Tomasz Radzinski shot, an effort that would not have counted as the Canadian had been ruled offside.
However replays indicated strike partner Aghahowa had been wrongly adjudged offside even though he was returning onside and not interfering with play.
Lennon feels Accies' goal should not have stood as Canning was interfering with play in an offside position when the initial cross came into the Celtic box.
Scotland were fortunate not to concede a second goal when Di Natale was incorrectly flagged for offside while turning the ball home after goalkeeper Craig Gordon had done superbly to block a powerful drive from Ambrosini.
England embarrassingly appealed for offside, but Wayne Bridge and, ludicrously, Shaun Wright-Phillips - who should not have been that far back - were both clearly playing him on.
"What is frustrating is that you are a yard away from the man that's clearly offside looking along the line and the referee's standing the other side of you and does not put the flag up, " said Jefferies.
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The tactic finally paid off though, as Fabregas chipped over three Croatia defenders who stood and appealed in vain for offside as Iniesta ran clear and rolled the ball into the path of a grateful Navas who could not miss.
They were, however, unfortunate not to level when Yossi Benayoun beat Atletico goalkeeper David de Dea - but his effort was wrongly ruled out for offside.
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