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The linesman must have known they were offside, but might not have known if they were interfering with the flight of the ball. The ref might not have known they were offside, just that the flight of the ball was very close to Mitrovic. Talk to one another = right answer.

 

Exactly.

 

The commentators were going as if once the linesman chooses not to waive his stick of righteousness in the first 10 seconds after the incident, that's it there's to be no discussion as to whether there's a correct decision to be made.

 

The problem here is that Mitrovic was 6 yards offside. Ref must have seen that, it was so obvious.

The issue was whether mitrovic was interfering, linesman wouldn't be able to tell with side on view.

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The linesman must have known they were offside, but might not have known if they were interfering with the flight of the ball. The ref might not have known they were offside, just that the flight of the ball was very close to Mitrovic. Talk to one another = right answer.

 

Exactly.

 

The commentators were going as if once the linesman chooses not to waive his stick of righteousness in the first 10 seconds after the incident, that's it there's to be no discussion as to whether there's a correct decision to be made.

 

The problem here is that Mitrovic was 6 yards offside. Ref must have seen that, it was so obvious.

 

Sure it looks obvious now... But the question was whether Mitro interfered, which the linesman wouldn't have known for sure. The ref will have assumed Mitro was off, but since the linesman didn't raise the flag he has to make sure.

 

There was a stoppage in play anyway, so easy to just go over and discuss it.

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