If you jump unchallenged for a header that is called a free header, as there is no opponent contesting or challenging the play being attempted.
The rule you posted was about challenging an opponent for the ball. Bobby jumped for the ball as no other opponent acted.
It was a free header. Ergo he did not challenge an opponent whilst trying to complete a header. He was the only one who attempted to play the ball.
The goal stood as the play from robbo to ox was not materially impacted upon by Bobby.
1) Did Bobby's run challenge the opponent to deal with him ? Yes, as did the city's lad run challenge his opponents.
Did Bobby or the City lad challenge an opponent for the ball ? No.
Because they did not materially impede an opponent from making a play, which would have stopped the legitimate pass from passer to scorer, or touched the ball, the goal stood.
2) he attempts to play the ball as in he does not touch the ball and as such does not materially impact the active play. The city lad makes a movement towards the ball in a similar fashion. He doesn't complete his movement towards the ball either as he doesn't touch the ball either.
Their movement does not obstruct another actor and the goals stand.
It's not a necessarily either or case, it's neither in this case.
Offside decoy runners are not foul play. That's why you see them all the time in the game and goals standing.
By your own case here, the city lad either ran in from an offside position attacking the ball and was offside, or he ran a dummy run to fool opponents and was offside (this is what happened). You even argued he didn't complete the action either. But he was offside and instigated an active movement.
For me both are offside and active as per the rules.
By your claim Bobby's actively offside, but their goal is good because no rules have been violated.
I say our goal stood as the same rulebook was applied and no rules were violated.
You need to study them rules and point out the rule that was violated. So far, you haven't found one rule broken.
You keep going on about points you have that clearly apply to the offside and active city lad.
Neither offside player was deemed to have had a material impact as defined by the rules.
In the city example the decoy runner causes chaos, city players are able to use this chaos and even the offside player as a marker for where the ball goes.
You can practice in training so that a deeper onside runner can use the decoy to run towards an area before having to know where the ball is arriving to.
When you defend against these situations you have to be aware than an actively offside player can be deemed to have not made a material impact on the play, can be deemed onside moments later for a pass or due to a defender making a play for the ball.
Those are the rules and how they are applied in football today.
Salah can be 5 yards offside on the right, Shaw might have to attend to him paranoid of a quick turnover in play leaving Salah onside. Not wanting to lose the offside player.
Mane can break in behind wanbiss on the left due to Salah pulling Shaw deeper whilst offside.
Bobby can make an offside run where the defense holds a line against him. Salah from an onside position can exploit that line held against Bobby and score a good goal, even squaring it to an onside again Bobby.
Being an offside runner only matters if you actively participate in the play, touching the ball, or obstruct an opponent from an offside position.
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