professional foul
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The French centre-back was shown a red card early in the game for a professional foul on Haaland, but it was overturned because the City striker was offside.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2023
In the space of only 40 seconds, Silva was shown a red for remonstrating on the touchline and Willian was then sent off for the handball, which was a professional foul.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
City's Aymeric Laporte was sent off by referee Andre Marriner in first-half stoppage time when he committed a professional foul by bringing down Zaha 35 yards from the City goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2021
But a debatable handball against Lloyd Kelly allowed Ivan Toney to equalise with a nerveless penalty, and then Brentford alumnus Chris Mepham was sent off for a professional foul on Bryan Mbuemo.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2021
Queensland fullback Corey Allan was sent to the sin-bin for a professional foul with three minutes to go for blocking Josh Addo-Carr’s path to the try line as the Blues’ flyer raced to score.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
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