riversideparmo
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not sure why its been given as an own goal ? looked on target to me got a small deflection ..
Giles wasn't even shooting.Christie's got a much bigger deflection, I can only guess that Giles had missed and given his "attempt" when clean through that is more than likely...
Is that the ruling? Seems odd, I would have thought it would be the other way round.it's not clear if it would've been on target so goes down as an OG
Giles wasn't even shooting.
Is that the ruling? Seems odd, I would have thought it would be the other way round.
All that matters in terms of the laws of the game is that the goal is scored. Who scored it is immaterial.
But crediting goals is often a nonsense. That a goal is given to the striker if the shot is on target and then takes a big deflection makes no sense at all. The first goal at Millwall was a case in point.
I really don't care what Opta says (although I do have a fantasy team). And I care even less for betting.
Anyway my first point stands.
But, if you take what Opta says then, for example, the Millwall goal is awarded to the player because the shot was, supposedly, on target even though it took a huge deflection and it was that deflection that caused the goal to be scored. Conversely, if a player finds themselves on the goal line in such a position where they can't actually kick the ball directly into the goal, but using their own skill kicks it against a defender in such a way that it goes into the net, then it goes down as an own goal. In the first instance the striker gets a goal through luck, whereas in the second their skill goes unrewarded.
I really don't care what Opta says (although I do have a fantasy team). And I care even less for betting.
Anyway my first point stands.
But, if you take what Opta says then, for example, the Millwall goal is awarded to the player because the shot was, supposedly, on target even though it took a huge deflection and it was that deflection that caused the goal to be scored. Conversely, if a player finds themselves on the goal line in such a position where they can't actually kick the ball directly into the goal, but using their own skill kicks it against a defender in such a way that it goes into the net, then it goes down as an own goal. In the first instance the striker gets a goal through luck, whereas in the second their skill goes unrewarded.