New Team : 2008

L2R standing: Boonsit, Manu, Joji, Sam, Gibin, Ajoy, ,Jojo.
sitingL2R: Abhishek,Winson, ,Santhosh, Pema,Timson.

Combo Mix- AuFC - Kerala Samajam

(L2R) Sanjo, Sam, Jojo, Firdous, Ajoy, Manu, Arun, Ashwin, Binil, Winson, Sanjay, Dony

Performancia Magnifica

Oct. 15, 2006, the brightest day in the history of Team AU. It was a sunday no different from other sundays. We had fixed a match against the Nepal undergraduate team of Assumption university. We left hua mak in the university van by around 4.00 pm with two new players on board. Bro Morris and Bro Jean. They filled the gap left by jovy and bas.

The match which was scheduled to start by 4.30 went on for a late start at 5.00. The kick off showed no signs of anything out of the ordinary. The first few minutes of the game went off aggresively when the nepal team scored their first goal in the 13 th minute which looked inevitable because we had a poorly organised defense. Within the next 15 minutes they scored another 3 goals to take the score line up to 4-0. Just before the end of the 35 minute long first half, Bro. jean fired a terrific long range shot which obviously rocketed into the post to make it 4-1. This goal improved are optimism.

The second half began with a bang when Bro. morris send another rocket right into the centre of the goal from way outside the D box which made the score 4 - 2. Here starts the turnaround when we reorganised our formation to strengthen our defense and at the same time deliver a threatening attack. Unexpectedly Nepal scored one more goal which took the score line 5 - 2 but we were still confident that we can fight back.

Soon after the 5th goal by Nepal, Winson came into the picture scoring another fantastic goal which the goal keeper had no chance of stopping. This took the scoreline to 5-3. Not later than 8 minutes, Ambrose managed to keep the ball with him after a great pass delivered by srikant which eventually resulted in our 4th goal. It started getting kind of dark by now when the clocks short needle passed the 6 hr mark but had enough light to go for another 15 minutes. Our team was still behind by 1 goal. Soon after the 4th goal, Dony sprouted into action scoring an acrobatic goal assisted by no one but himself. The score line was 5-5 by now. By now, we knew that a historical event was on the verge of happening. 2 minutes before final whistle, an assist from Sanjay, helped Ambrose score the winning goal with a cool strike past the helpless Nepalese goal keeper. 6 - 5. If there is anyone who doesnt know the defenition of "COMEBACK", please read this article.

Posted by: SANJAY

Team

Standing: Ambrose, Mani, Binil, Disney,Sanjay,Bipin

Siting:Winson, Ashwin, Lijo , Lijo, Sandeep

Game in Action

1st Half
2nd Half

Heightz of Football craze!!!

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Team for Onam Special Match

Binil * Sanjay * Winson
* Ashwin* Lijo * Ambrose
* Bipin * Sandeep * Lijo (Dude) *Sreekanth
Disney

Reserves : * Roshan * Ajith *

Refree: Aju George

Score: AU FC (9) - Kerala Samajam ( 7)

Team de AU

(L2R) Binil, Sam, Jijo, Sanjay, Lijo

(L2R) Winson, Disney, Ashwin, Sandy, Lijo, Jovy

Offside Rule

The application of the offside rule is best considered in three steps; Offside position, Offside offence and Offside sanction.

Offside position
The blue forward on the left of the diagram is in an offside position as he is both in front of the second to last defender (marked by the dotted line) and the ball. Note that this does not necessarily mean he is committing an offside offence.
A player is in an offside position if "he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second to last opponent," unless he is in his own half of the field of play. A player level with the second to last opponent is not in an offside position. Note that the last two opposing players can be either the goalkeeper and an outfield player, or two outfield players. It is important to note that being in an offside position is not an offence in itself.

Offside offence
A player in an offside position is only committing an offside offence if, "at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team", the player is in an offside position and in the referee's opinion is involved in active play. A player is not committing an offside offence if the player receives the ball directly from a throw-in, goal kick or corner kick.
In order for an offside offence to occur the player must be in an offside position when the ball is touched or played by a team-mate; a player who runs from an onside position into an offside position after the ball was touched or played by a team-mate is not penalised. Similarly, a player who is in an offside position when the ball is touched or played by a team-mate may potentially commit an offside offence even if they run back in to an on-side position before receiving the ball.
Determining whether a player is in "active play" can be complex. FIFA issued new guidelines for interpreting the offside law in 2003 and these were incorporated in law 11 in July 2005. The new wording seeks to more precisely define the three cases as follows:
Interfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a teammate.
Interfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent. Gaining an advantage by being in an offside position includes playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or crossbar or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position.
In practice, a player in an offside position may be penalised before playing or touching the ball if, in the opinion of the referee, no other team-mate in an onside position has the opportunity to play the ball.

Offside sanction
The sanction for an offside offence is an indirect free kick to the opposing team, at the spot where the offence occurred. Most referees use their discretion and let play go on if the "offended" team already has the advantage or ball, in order not to slow down play with redundant free kicks that achieve the same purpose of giving the advantage or ball back to the "offended" team.