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xkcd #3268: Offside (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3268: Offside

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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(

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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

In football you are offside if you don't have at least two players ahead of you (usually, but not necessarily the keeper and one defender)

A player is in an offside position if:

  • any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) and

  • any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent