there's no question of Panucci being penalised

and he wasn't last night

the question is whether he became inactive, for the purposes of offside, the moment he left the pitch. (And when you put it like that, seems to me there's no reason why he should.)

The US guide to refs says explicitly no. Nowhere else seems to say so either way.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Jun 10, 14:17:02