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An argument on and off sidelines

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Offside Rule has been creating a lot of ripples perhaps waves in the game of football for a long time. This Worldcup is no exception. During one such game at the world cup a goal was disallowed and ruled offside. The commentators started screaming “ Oh its Offside or is it!” and these 2 guys, Batmanaban and Baalu were confused. Batmanaban aka Bat : Machi (dude) what is this offside rule da?(yaar) Baalu aka Ball : Its nothing da if the player is running on the offside it is called offside da. Bat: So you cant score from an offside position it seems. What about onside? Ball: Who said? We can score. But you need have a very good technique to score, just like cricket. Only technical players are allowed! Bat: Oh! ok da but what about onside? Ball: If you are onside everyone is allowed to score. Football is totally like cricket. Sloggers always score in the onside! So everyone is allowed to score from onside. Bat: How da? Can you enumerate da? Ball: In cricket there ...