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corner kick
noun
- a direct free kick awarded to the attacking team when a defender last touched a ball that crossed entirely over the goal line, taken from the corner area on the side of the field where the ball went out of play.
Word History and Origins
Origin of corner kick1
Example Sentences
Future metrics might punish keepers for the danger of an unclaimed corner kick, for example, or better capture the value of building out of the back.
His save in the 65th minute — on Nicolás Figal’s shot off a corner kick — kept Miami from climbing within a goal.
The Sloan paper treats any interruption in the attacking move, even a shot rebound or a corner kick, as the end of a scoring chance.
Guarding set pieces has also proven a major issue, with Leeds having conceded a league-worst 10 goals from corner kicks.
In New England’s cold, rain and wind, United recovered from a two-goal deficit in the second half before winning on Eddie Pope’s sudden-death header off a corner kick.
The kick-off (except as provided by Law 2), corner kick, and goal kick shall be free kicks within the meaning of the law.
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