Football EURO 2008 Italy 0-3 Holland (Offside ?)

[Lazio91]

it was not a goal yes.

But one question i wanna ask.

How come when this controversy came up everyone went and searched up the Uefa rules and found the actual page of the rule book that would allow this goal.

HOWEVER. when Grosso is fouled by Neil. nobody got on their computers and searched up the fifa rule books, to show that neil obstructed grosso in his path to goal (which by the way, it is in the rule book).

Sad how people are so hateful to Italy. childish in some ways. but stilll sad.

[Arionaki]

Is not offside. Only if was there a doctor with a player..

[quirkygrl]

Idiots. All 3. They do not know the laws or the current interpretations there of.

[mboyle05]

and it doesn't matter anyway...holland still would have won 2-0 if the 'offside' goal never stood. Get over it italy...you're crap!!

[CrociatoAzzurro]

Unlike Scotland.  Fuck off, boy. Go brush your tooth.

[mboyle05]

italy are shit!! :D they never deserved to get through to the euro's. fucking shit team.

[mskilj]

The goal was legit. Panucci was not ruled out. A player cannot rule himself out. Thats the refs job to rule him out regardless of teh state of the player or where he is at. Sorry Italy... you lose

[robertoromeo111]

These gentlemen are Canadian NOT AMERICAN and they are right

[mistara31415]

So you suggest that whenever a defender "falls" of the field of play he should be considered for the offside rule? Well, then all these "professional" wusses who play football will then "simulate" being injured and off the pitch making the attackers offside.

UEFA says that this is not offside. And they have the authority. What you, I or anybody else thinks is irrelevant.

[robertoromeo111]

Listen Panucci fell off the pitch legitimately injured. If he was in fact "in play" then the referee should have stopped the play for the injured player. He didn't. Guess why. Because Panucci was already outside of the field and out of play. Therefore Holland was in an offside position.

[keto76]

the player was not more payng ..you can see that its not moving..can he make any changement in the action..dead in the ground?

[boub88m]

the offside it's clear.. van nistroy didn't beleive that his goal was accepted..

[6142100549]

Glad im not american

[ReneeM6]

Americans should stick to sports they know something about. There's no discussion in Euorpe about that goal because the rule says a player can't just step out of the game, even the Italian commentator said it. In fact, while the Dutch had a discussion about it after the game and were puzzled about it, the Italian commentator never even mentioned offside.

[lykkepinki14]

its a goal ....

thats it.

[ajaxajaxajaxajaxjode]

Americans are stuppid, and the man on the right is gay

[mathewheffley121]

@ajaxajaxajaxajaxjode they're canadian

[roveroog]

maby i schould go to america to comment to football matches because it looks like they do not know anything about it

[DonkeyHolland]

I don't see why they argue about the offside. And even if the goal didn't counted, it would still leave Italy with two goals down against the Netherlands.

[0126090097]

Dumbass americans should stick to american football,baseball and basketball.They know nothing about football.And they sucked at it.

[zamoc]

Exactly Roguiro!

[sounynoma]

Leave Football to the Europeans..

[jaksap]

Bullshit comment, the goal is VALID.

[Roguirio]

Ofcourse thats a goal given... That goal was fair and square. Else all Players will run over the backline to get an offside situation. Duh.