Some Football or Soccer Vocabulary.
What teams have qualified for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar?
Football Nouns
Fans: the people who support a team.
Pitch: the grass where a football game is played.
Goalposts: There is a net at each end of the football pitch. The objective is to make the ball go into the net.
Centre circle: the circle in the middle of the pitch where the game starts.
The penalty area: the box around the goal.
Corner flag: the corner areas of the pitch.
The referee: the person who makes sure the players don’t break the rules.
Assistant referees: the people who help the referee make decisions.
VAR: The Video Assistant Referee is the technology used during the World Cup to help referees when they are unsure.
The stadium: The place a football game is place.
The stands: The area where the fans sit.
Football Verbs
To win the toss: At the beginning of the match, the referee flips a coin. The team captain who guesses the result starts the game.
To kick off: To begin the game.
To score (a goal): A player scores when he or she gets a goal.
To concede: When you let another team score a goal.
To shoot: To kick the ball at the goal and try to score.
To pass (the ball): To kick the ball to another player.
To dribble (the ball): To run with the ball.
To cross (the ball): To kick the ball across the field to another player.
To take a corner: To kick the ball from the corner flag after it has gone out of play.
To commit a foul: To break the rules (touching the ball with your hands, kicking a player from the other team, etc).
To take a freekick: When a player fouls the referee allows the other team to kick the ball from the same spot.
To take a penalty: When a player commits a foul in the penalty area the other team can try to score a goal from the penalty spot.
To be sent off: When a player commits a bad foul they are shown a red card and are not allowed to play anymore.
To get booked: When a player commits a foul they are shown a yellow card. If they are given two yellow cards they are sent off.
To dive: When a player falls on the floor and pretends another player has fouled them.
The Players
The most important people in any football game are the players. Each one has a special responsibility on the football pitch (the grass where the game is played). Let’s look at who they are:
Defenders: The defenders play in front of their own goal and try to stop the other team from scoring.
Goalkeeper: The goalkeeper uses his/her hands, feet, body and head to stop the opposition from scoring goals.
Central defender: The defenders who play in the middle of the pitch.
Left back / Right back: These defenders protect the goal from attackers running up the sides of the pitch.
Left/Right wing-back: These defenders also run fast and act as attacking players during a counterattack.
Midfielders: These players work in the centre of the pitch and keep the game moving. Sometimes they work to defend the goal, sometimes they create chances to score goals.
Wingers: These players play on the left and right of the pitch and run very fast to cross the ball and create goals.
Attacking midfielders: These players run into the opposition’s side in order to create chances.
Forwards / strikers: These players like to score goals, they play at the front of the pitch.
The Results
To draw: When neither team wins the match (e.g. 2-2, 1-1).
A penalty shootout: When the game is decided by a series of penalties.
0-0: Zero is described as “nil”, so a “0-0 draw” is a “nil-nil” draw and 1-0 is a “one-nil win”.
Hat trick: A hat trick is when a player gets 3 goals in one match.
To beat: To score more goals than the opposition.
To thrash: To score LOTS more goals than the opposition!
To get a whipping: To be beaten badly by the opposition.
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