2023-08-07 21:00:00
Against Anderlecht, Antwerp did indeed find the net, via Jürgen Ekkelenkamp … but the goal was canceled for offside. A justified decision, said the arbitration on Monday.
Anderlecht’s heroic victory once morest Antwerp came close to evaporating in the final minutes. In the 88th, Jürgen Ekkelenkamp put in a pass from Toby Alderweireld… deflected by Louis Patris. Did this deviation imply that the goal should have been validated?
No, explains Bertrand Layec, the head of Belgian arbitration, in the traditional Review on Monday. “The real question is when an offside striker is put onside by a defender. The law is clear, this is whether the defender deliberately plays the ball or if in giving him the ball he has had full control of the ball,” explained Layec.
In this case, Patris simply deflected the ball touched by Toby Alderweireld with a header, without intending to put it in that direction and without having control of the ball; the canceled goal is therefore justified.
An explanation on the disallowed goal during #ANDANT. #UnderReview pic.twitter.com/WCxoFmya32
— Professional Refereeing Department (@BelgianReferees) August 7, 2023
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