Messi's Offside Controversy Explained

Argentina scored 1 1 against England here in this situation and Messi made an assist

and people wonder if Messi was offside when he received

the pass before he made an assist to his teammate who scored.

So Messi made a corner kick here and then

received the ball back and people think he was offside here.

So if he would be

offside here VAR would be able to intervene for an attacking team offense made

in the build up to a goal.

So since Messi made a direct assist here VAR would be able to intervene.

However when you look at the situation when the pass was made back to Messi he

was not offside.

It was a very clear onside situation.

So no offense was made here and that's why this goal was allowed.

And if you're wondering why VAR did not show graphics for this situation it is

because it was not related directly to the goal scorer. So they usually

don't show the image of the player who made a pass only the goal scorer.

But you can see on this image that Messi was onside.

So there is no offside offense made in this situation.