- May 8, 2005
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Of course Lovren's mishit should constitute a new phase of play, the issue is whether Kane is offside when the ball is initially played by Alli.100% this. The referees interpreted the law correctly, but the law is stupid - it's impossible to view that incident and not come to the conclusion that Kane gained an advantage from being in an offside position, but according to the rules he was (first phase) offside but not interfering, and (second phase) interfering but not offside. The problem arises from the idea that Lovren's mishit constituted a new phase of play.