A look at the amendment to the offside rule, decided by the International Football Association Board on Saturday, which will take effect from July 1. Additions and deletions marked in brackets.
Law 11
The following definitions apply regarding ''interfering with an opponent/gaining an advantage'':
- ''interfering with play'' means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a teammate
- ''interfering with an opponent'' means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or challenging an opponent for the ball (DELETES movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent).
- ''gaining an advantage by being in that position'' means playing a ball
-(ADDS reference to deflected) that rebounds or is deflected to him off the goalpost, crossbar or an opponent having been in an offside position.
-(NEW subsection) that rebounds, deflected or is played to him from a deliberate save by an opponent having been in an offside position.
- (NEW section) A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent, who deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save), is not considered to have gained an advantage.
