‘Offside rule validates referee’s decision to overrule Ajayi’s goal’
Some Nigerians have been asking questions on why Semi Ajayi’s first half strike against Cameroon was ruled out as being from an offside position when there was a Cameroonian player on the Indomitable Lions’ goal line. But the decision has been explained by IFAB rules governing the game, which says that a player is offside unless he is level or ahead of two players, not one, as is generally understood.


