xkcd #3268: Offside
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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(
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explainxkcd for #3268
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
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
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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)