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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
(1) The ball just grazes him as it continues into space where its intended receiver runs onto it. Looks like promising attacking play, but no better than if the offside player's touch had not occurred.
(2) The ball makes solid contact with the offside player and bounces back toward his team's goal line, and his team regains control of it.
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Aren't both examples of IFAB Law 11, "interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a team-mate"?
That is, both appear to be an offside offense.
The law doesn't specify whether the touch was intentional or not. And in case (1), it is speculative to say that that the offside player's touch had almost no effect -- it was a touch that (by virtue of touching it) interfered with the play.
Newbie ref here, so I may be missing some intricacies.