Young Brazilian substitute striker Vinicius Junior saved his Real Madrid team from a goalless draw by scoring the precious 1-0 victory over Valladolid on Wednesday in the fourth round of the Spanish Football League, amid doubts about the goal's validity for offside.

Junior (20 years) scored the winning goal in the 65th minute after just 7 minutes of relegation, to raise the Real Madrid tally to 7 points and advance to third place on goal difference only behind Getafe and Valencia and ahead of Villarreal.

Valladolid stuck at two points in 17th place, where it suffered a second defeat for two draws in the four matches it played in the competition this season.

Some questioned the goal of the royal victory, as they accused the arena referee and the video assistant referee (Farr) of overlooking the calculation of a clear offside against the goal-scorer Junior.

The truth is that Junior was in a clear offside position when the ball was played for him, but he was not offside, because the arbitration rule says that standing in an offside position is not a violation in itself, but the conditions for calculating offside must be applied to him.

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- D9INE (@ D9INE_ELITE_8) September 30, 2020

In the case of Junior, he received the ball from the opponent and this is one of the cases in which the attacker is not considered an offside, even if he is many meters away.

#LaLiga: Esta es la jugada en el gol de Vinícius Júnior.

Aunque el brasileño está adelantado, el balón le llega a través de los rivales, por eso no hay fuera de lugar.

Correcto el árbitro y el VAR en validar la anotación.

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- Camino Al Vestuario (@CaminoVestuario) September 30, 2020

Article 11 (offside) of the Football Law provides for the exclusion of some cases from the count of offside, which are the goal kick, the corner kick and the throw-in, in addition to receiving the ball directly from the opponent and it is subject to several conditions that all apply to the case of Junior, who scored a 100% correct goal.

  • A former international ruling