free kick
an unhindered kick of a stationary ball, usually awarded to a player as the result of a foul committed by a player from the opposing team.
Origin of free kick
1- Compare direct free kick, indirect free kick.
Words Nearby free kick
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How to use free kick in a sentence
Then, in the 89th minute, Nigerian midfielder Wilson Oruma took a free kick.
25 Years Ago, Nigeria’s Super Eagles Won Olympic Gold—and Changed the World of African Soccer | Kovie Biakolo | August 2, 2021 | TimeThe referee, though, ruled the free kick was taken too quickly and disallowed the goal.
Spirit welcomes its U.S. national team stars but falls to Orlando in NWSL Challenge Cup | Steven Goff | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostIn the third round of the 1994 FA Cup, third-tier Stockport County lined up for a free kick, tied 1-1 in the 75th minute with Premier League welterweight Queens Park Rangers.
With an Adele song as its battle cry, a lowly English soccer club looks to rewrite history | Glynn A. Hill | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostColombia conceded a goal in only the seventh minute, off a Brazilian free kick that an unmarked Silva put coolly in the net.
A 30-yard free kick resulted and the rangy Brazilian, his hair a beehive of curls, cannoned the ball into the Colombian net.
The goal offered ecstasy to free-kick aficionados, who have had little to cherish at this World Cup.
The most famous example of this skill was a free kick taken by Roberto Carlos for Brazil in a 1997 match against France.
How To Bend It Like Beckham: A Scientist Explains | John D. Barrow | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHillton's ruse had won her a free kick, and in another moment the ball was arching toward the St. Eustace goal.
Behind the Line | Ralph Henry BarbourThus far he is entitled to go in maintaining his goal, but if he carry the ball the penalty is a free kick.
The only remaining way to advance the ball is on a free-kick after a fair catch, as in the English game.
There is no off-side, and you get a free kick if you catch the ball.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | Arthur Conan DoyleSometimes it came off well, but at others his club had to pay the penalty with a free kick.
Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches | David Drummond Bone
British Dictionary definitions for free kick
soccer a place kick awarded for a foul or infringement, either direct, from which a goal may be scored, or indirect, from which the ball must be touched by at least one other player for a goal to be allowed
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