Quote from: Nanderson on May 09, 2024, 06:45:37 AMPlayers play to the whistle. It doesn't matter what mistake the linesman makes, it would not even have influenced a VAR inquisition had it come down to that. The ref should have ignored the flag, overruled the linesman and let the play proceed. The ref's mistake dwarfs that of the linesman.Quote from: Main Street on May 08, 2024, 10:54:07 PMThe linesman isn't meant to put their flag up until the end of the play even if there is suspicion of offside. It was a massive error. The player does look marginally offside but it's hard to know for sure unless they use the technology. Also the champions League offside system is vastly superior to the premsQuote from: square_ball on May 08, 2024, 10:49:14 PMLinesman shouldn't have flagged but Madrid players had stopped playing before the ball ended up in the net so who knows how it would have panned out.The linesman flag carries no weight, players should only play until they hear the ref's whistle.
In any VAR the linesman's flag would be ignored.