IFAB says it cannot give opinion on Dynamos goal as video footage is inconclusive

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the organization responsible for writing and amending regulations that govern world football has said that it is unable to give an opinion on the hotly contested goal scored by Dynamos in the match against Highlanders, despite receiving video footage of the goal. After reviewing television footage which was forwarded to the association by The Herald, the experts ruled that the footage was inconclusive.

IFAB technical director David Elleray, a retired 62-year-old international refereeing expert who spent 12 seasons on the English Premiership’s elite panel of referees and eight years on the FIFA panel said:

Thank you very much for the further information and the clip,

Unfortunately, the angle of the footage means it does not show whether the contact with the defender’s leg/foot is a result of the player moving his leg /foot towards the ball or not.

If he moved his foot towards the ball then it would be deliberate play and thus not offside.

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If he does not make that movement, given that the ball is hit quite hard and from short distance, then it would be a deflection and thus offside.

The match between Highlanders and Dynamos had to be abandoned due to crowd troubles following the hotly disputed goal.

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