It’s not out of place for a footballer to miss a penalty. In fact, some of them suffer abuses, including racial abuses, as seen when Bukayo Saka missed the crucial penalty that allowed England to lose the EURO 2020 final to Italy. To the layman or outsider, taking a penalty is one of the most …
As a football fan, you can help but notice that there are two drawn boxes on the field. The larger one, we all know as the Penalty box and the smaller one within. You may wonder what purpose this smaller box serves. But that smaller box is very important in football matches. In this article, …
Here’s What This Small Rectangle In The Penalty Box Really Represents Read More »
The English Premier League is extremely popular, and many teams would eagerly trade their current league in a heartbeat for the opportunity to play in it. With Swansea and Cardiff playing in the English Premier League despite being Welsh clubs, some might ask if Irish teams can play in the Premier League. Well, read on …
Over the years, cup tournaments have often required a tie-breaker system to determine the winner of a match when two teams fail to find a winner. To achieve this, FIFA has put many rules in place at different times. The MLS-style penalty shootouts of the late 90s is one, as is the Golden Goal rule. …
You must have wondered why so many people are ‘crazy’ about football, and that’s if you are not a football lover yourself. Football is the most popular sport globally and has a fan base of billions worldwide. The extent of the love for the sport is seen in the quadrennial FIFA World Cup tournament, which …
One Champions League final, 5 league trophies, 1 World Cup, and a golden boot, it’s hard to imagine that a player in his early 20s could achieve such accolades. At just 24 years of age, those are a glimpse of Kylian Mbappe’s achievements in his short 8 years as a professional football player. Kylian Mbappe’s …
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Football is a contact sport. In order to keep possession of the ball, a player can use many different methods to do so. One of those methods is using his or her body to “shield” the ball and prevent the opponent from getting to it. This shielding is also called obstruction. While this sounds fairly …
The penalty box is unquestionably a goalkeeper’s primary area on the pitch. That is where the majority of the action takes place for the shot-stoppers. They would go to any length to avoid conceding to the opposition, or even better, to keep the clean sheet. However, this does not imply that their options are limited …
Can A Goalkeeper ACTUALLY Leave the Penalty Box? (Explained) Read More »
There have been many occasions when a defender can’t seem to catch the opponent and he decides to pull his shirt. Or maybe, both players are in a duel and either of them may use shirt pulling in order to win the ball. While sometimes going unnoticed, getting a foul from this type of action …
Is Shirt Pulling ALWAYS A Foul In Football ? (Explained) Read More »
La Liga is known for developing young players with talent, from the famous La Masia football program at Barcelona to La Fabrica at Real Madrid. Gavi, who joined Barcelona’s La Masia at age 11, and Dani Carvajal, who joined Real Madrid’s La Fabrica at age 10, are now regular starters for their respective teams. La …
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