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Ada Hegerberg was offside, so why was a penalty awarded?

Ada Hegerberg was offside, so why was a penalty awarded?

BBC News17-07-2025
Norway's captain Ada Hegerberg was clearly offside when she was awarded a penalty with her country 1-0 down with 30 minutes to go in their Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final with Italy.In a match that saw Italy reach the semi-finals of Women's Euro for the first time in 28 years, Hegerberg was brought down in the box by Italy's centre-back Elena Linari, who was shown a yellow card.Hegerberg was offside at the point of contact, leading to some confusion as to why a spot-kick was given.Alex Scott explained the rule during the post-match analysis on BBC One: "If an offside player is fouled before they commit an offside offence, there is no offside and the foul has precedent."This comes from the International Football Association Board's (Ifab) Law's of the Game., external"If a player in an offside position is moving towards the ball with the intention of playing the ball and is fouled before attempting to play the ball, the foul is penalised as it has occurred before the offside offence."So, if the foul occurs in the penalty area, the foul is penalised with the penalty kick being given.Hegerberg sent her spot-kick wide for the second time this tournament, but scored from open play six minutes later by slotting the ball into the bottom corner.
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