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linesman

noun as in electrician

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But as the City players celebrated, the linesman raised his flag to indicate offside, with Bernardo Silva stood in front of Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa as the ball went into the net.

From BBC

In that occasion, though, the other linesman allowed the play to continue.

“The linesman said to me, ‘I’m sorry, I made a mistake,’” De Ligt said after the 2-1 loss in which Madrid’s stoppage-time winner by Joselu came after a VAR intervention that overturned an initial offside call.

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel said it was a “disastrous decision from the linesman and from the referee.”

"There was a disastrous decision from the linesman and the referee. It feels like a betrayal in the end," he added.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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