goalmouth
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That was how it stayed until second-half injury time, when Shoja Khalilzadeh turned the ball home after after a goalmouth scramble.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Last seven or eight games, obviously we're on a disastrous run but in terms of the performances and goalmouth action, shots on target, chances created, we've come out on top in every single game.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
LAFC’s rebuilt midfield struggled to slow Minnesota’s speedy attackers in the early going but was bailed out when Kelvin Yeboah’s left-footed shot struck the right post and caromed across the goalmouth in the 13th minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
First, midfielder Exequiel Palacios was slow to sense danger in the 12th minute when a low ball came across the Leverkusen goalmouth toward the far post.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
They have a goalmouth scramble from a corner but Luton manage to stab the ball away.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
The pitch looks ok from pictures, apart from the goalmouths are looking a little brown.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
Keepers who repeatedly come running out of their goalmouths in an attempt to win the ball are either often easy pickings for any decent striker or invariably give a penalty away.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2023
“We’re here to change the mentality,” said the 31-year-old Bono, the Hercules of a goalkeeper whose 6-foot-5 frame has helped make the Moroccan goalmouths seem walled.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
It was one of few goalmouths incidents in a first half in which Wolves had more than their share of possession and Albion seemed to be struggling to come to terms with their 4-4-2 formation.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2011
Unimportant kids' coats were put at either end of the lake as goalmouths to reach through and to defend.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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