Thursday, June 5, 2008

FOOTBALL VOCABULARY



BASIC VOCABULARY




1. a match: two teams playing against each other in a 90-minute game of football

2. a pitch: the area where footballers play a match

3. a referee: the person who makes sure that the players follow the rules. Normally wears a black shirt and shorts, and has a whistle

4. a linesman (referee's assistant): the person whose main duty it is to indicate with a flag when the ball has gone out of play or when a player is offside

5. a goalkeeper: the player in goal who has to stop the ball from crossing the goal-line. The only player who is allowed to handle the ball during open play

6. a defender: a player who plays in the part of the football team which tries to prevent the other team from scoring goals, e.g. 'Kolo Touré is a defender and plays in defence for Arsenal and Ivory Coast'.

7. a midfielder: a midfielder - a player who plays mainly in the middle part of the pitch (or midfield), e.g. Michael Essien is a midfielder and plays in midfield for Chelsea and Ghana

8. an attacker: also called a forward; a player whose duty it is to score goals, e.g. Samuel Eto'o is an attacker and plays in attack for Barcelona and Cameroon

9. a skipper: the player who leads a team, also called the captain

10. a substitute: a player who sits on the bench ready to replace another team-mate on the pitch. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. the manager was not happy with his attacker and substituted him after 60 minutes

11. a manager: the person in charge of a team and responsible for training, new players and transfers. For example, Alex Ferguson is the manager of Manchester United

12. a foul: a violation of the rules. For example, if a player other than the goalkeeper handles the ball in the penalty box (or penalty area) it is a foul and a penalty is given to the other team

13. a booking: a yellow card shown to a player by the referee for a serious foul. Two bookings or yellow cards result in a red card or sending-off

14. full-time: the point of the game when the referee blows the final whistle and the match is over. Normally after 90 minutes and any added injury or stoppage time

15. injury time: also called stoppage time, added minutes at the end of the regular playing time at half-time or full-time. Entirely at the referee's discretion and normally indicated by an official on the sideline (or touchline)

16. extra time: if a match has no winner at full-time, 2 x 15 minutes of extra time may be played in some competitions

17. offside: in a position which is not allowed by the rules of the game, i.e. when an attacking player is closer to the opposing team's goal-line at the moment the ball is passed to him or her than the last defender apart from the goalkeeper.
SCORING
1. the score: the record of goals that indicates who is winning. The final score is the result that decides who has won the match . Can also be used as a verb, e.g. the attacker scored a beautiful goal

2. to concede: to allow a goal in, the opposite of scoring a goal. For example, Ghana conceded only four goals in the World Cup qualifying group 2

3. a goal: a successful attempt at scoring achieved by putting the ball over the goal line into the goal past the goalkeeper. For example, Gyan Asamoah has scored a beautiful goal for Ghana
4. an own goal: a goal scored accidentally by a member of the defending team that counts in favour of the attacking team

5. the lead: when a team scores first it is "in the lead", i.e. winning the match at the point of scoring. For example, Fabrice Akwa's early goal gave Angola the lead after 72 minutes but the final score was 1-1 (one all)

6. an equaliser: a goal that cancels out the opposing team's lead and leaves the match tied or drawn. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. Marouan Chamakh equalised for Morocco after 40 minutes and brought the score level

7. to win: a match in which a team is victorious and beats the other team. A win normally gives the winning team three points, the losing team does not get any points. More commonly used as a verb, e.g. Brazil won the World Cup in 2002

8. a draw: a match that ends in a tie, i.e. has no winner or loser. The teams get one point each for a draw. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. Congo drew 0-0 (nil all) with Senegal in June

9. a defeat: a match that is lost, the opposite of a win. For example, Sudan suffered a home defeat to Zambia in September 2002

10. to knock out: to eliminate another team from a competition. For example, in the last World Cup Brazil knocked out England in the quarter-finals

11. a penalty shoot-out: in a knock-out competition, a penalty shoot-out takes place if a match is a draw after full-time or extra-time. Five players from each team take a penalty each, and if the score is still level after that, one player from each team takes a penalty in turn, in order to decide who wins the match

12. a goal difference: If team A has scored four goals and team B one, the goal difference is three
13. a head-to-head: a way of deciding which team is ranked higher if two teams are level (or equal) on points. For example, if team A and B both have six points, but team A beat team B in the head-to-head game, team A will be ranked above team B

14. a play-off: an extra match to decide which of two or more teams should go through to the next round. For example, Australia beat Uruguay on penalties in a play-off to qualify for the World Cup 2006

15. the away-goal rule: in some competitions, e.g. the UEFA Champions' League, a rule that rewards teams for scoring away from home over two legs (or matches). For example, in 2005 AC Milan beat PSV Eindhoven 2-0 at home (in Milan) but lost 1-3 away in Holland. So both teams had scored three goals and conceded three goals, but because AC Milan had scored a goal away from home it went through to the Champions' League final on the away-goal rule.
TYPES OF SHOT

1. to kick: to hit something, or somebody, with your foot. In football, the players kick the ball.

2. to shoot: to kick the ball towards the net at one end of the pitch (the goal) in an attempt to score a goal

3. the kick-off:
the first kick of the game when two players from the same team in the centre circle play the ball and start the match. Also the first kick after half-time or after a goal has been scored

4. a goal-kick: a kick taken from the 6-yard line by the defending team after the ball has been put over the goal line by the attacking team

5. a free-kick: the kick awarded to a team by the referee after a foul has been committed against it

6. a penalty: a free shot at goal from 12 yards (11 metres or the penalty spot) awarded by the referee to a team after a foul has been committed in the penalty area

7. a corner: a kick from the corner flag awarded to the attacking team when the ball has crossed the gaol-line (or byline) after last being touched by a player of the defending team

8. a throw-in: a throw is taken from the sideline (or touchline) after the ball has gone out of play. The only time a player can handle the ball without committing a foul

9. a pass:
a kick of the ball from one player to another. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. the defender passed the ball to the midfielder

10. a cross: a pass from the side of the pitch into the penalty area in an attempt to find an attacker and score a goal. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. the defender crossed the ball into the penalty area

11. a one-two: a passing move in which player 1 passes the football to player 2, who immediately passes it back to player 1

12. a header: the "shot" that occurs when a player touches and guides the ball with his or her head. For example, El Hadji Djouf scored with a fine header. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. the defender headed the ball back to the goalkeeper

13. a backheel: a kick where the ball is hit with the heel (or the back) of the foot. Can also be used as a verb, e.g. Nwankwo Kanu back-heeled the ball to Thierry Henry

14. to volley: to kick a moving ball from the air before it hits the ground. Can also be used as a noun, e.g. Jay Jay Okocha's beautifully-struck volley beat the goalkeeper at the near post

15. a clearance: a defensive kick that is intended to put the ball out of danger, e.g. Peter Odemwingie's clearance went out of play for a throw-in

25 comments:

Be Con Tinh Nghich said...

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nguyenhonganhtesol said...

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Anonymous said...

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Be Con Tinh Nghich said...

Halu. Hmmm... I have my own blogs. It is okie. I always smile when I knew someone spammed my blogs. keke.
Because...
If spammer is a stranger, it means my blog is very interesting. They want to tell me that they have just visit my blog :)
If spammer is someone I have known, I am happy. Maybe they want to spam spam spam my heart.They need tell me that they miss me a lot and wink their eyes with me :D (Is it right,Sir-Mr.Kangaroo? hihi)

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Be Con Tinh Nghich said...

hehe. Thanks for ur question. No problem. They must spend time and thinking to their spamming in my blog:D It is not good for them but it does not effect to me. khakha.
My grandpa had taught me that "Although someone makes u angy, u do not care about that. They will angry theirself" Hehe.

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

hehe. Thanks for ur question. No problem. They must spend time thinking about their spamming in my blog:D It is not good for them but it does not affect me. khakha.
My grandpa taught me that "Although someone makes u angy, u do not care about that. They will be angry with themselves" Hehe.

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Anonymous said...

hi t, is 'a manager' synonymous with 'a coach'?

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Be Con Tinh Nghich said...

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I hope u love this blog,do not u? U and I are going to protect this blog together. Okie?!

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

hello

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

- A couch is a person who enables the athlete to achieve levels of performance to a degree that may not have been possible if left to his/her own endeavours".

- The term coach is sometimes equivalent in U.S. usage to the term manager in other English-speaking countries in reference to the director of a sporting team, particularly with regard to Association Football.

- Generally, a coach coaches; a manager manages. Sometimes a manager is also a coach if he is incharge of two jobs.

Be Con Tinh Nghich said...

Happy Father's Day....!!!

@Sir: May I copy ur "Happy Father's Day" entry if u post it?

Anonymous said...

Happy Father's day.
I wish you a happy day and being a good father.

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

Thank you all.