What is the most popular sport in the world?
Football… also known as soccer in some countries.
🇬🇧Football is used in British English.
🇺🇸Soccer is used in American English.
✅Some useful words that are used for football:
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match: two teams playing against each other in a 90-minute game.
(🇺🇿 o'yin)
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pitch: the area of a field where footballers play a match.
(🇺🇿maydon)
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goalposts: markers used to determine where it would count as a goal.
(🇺🇿 gol xisoblovchi)
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penalty area: rectangular area marked out in front of each goal, outside of which the goalkeeper cannot handle the ball.
(🇺🇿 Jarima joyi)
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a draw, a tie, an equaliser: an even score at the conclusion of a game or match
(🇺🇿 Durrang xisob )
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extra time: a further period of play added on to a game if the scores are equal, and a draw is not an option i.e. in the final match of a tournament.
(🇺🇿Qo'shimcha vaqt)
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half-time: the time at which half of a game is completed, especially when marked by an interval.
(🇺🇿Yarim Taym)
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full time: after the allocated time for a match has passed and the referee has blown the final whistle.
(🇺🇿To'liq Taym)
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penalty shootout: a method of determining a winner in a match that would have otherwise tied or drawn. Thirty minutes extra time is usually played before it gets to this stage.
(🇺🇿Jarima tepishgacha bolgan xolat)
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penalty kick, free kick: a free kick at the goal from the penalty spot (which only the goalkeeper is allowed to defend), awarded to the attacking team after a foul within the penalty area by an opponent.
(🇺🇿ochiq zarba)
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goalkeeper, goalie: a player whose special role is to stop the ball from entering the goal.
(🇺🇿darbozabon)
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striker, attacker, forward: a player who is considered in terms of ability to strike the ball into the goal area.
(🇺🇿Hujumchi)
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midfielder: a player who is positioned to play in the middle part of the playing field / pitch.
🇺🇿markaziy xujumchi
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defender: a player whose task it is to protect their own side’s goal, and prevent the other team from scoring.
(🇺🇿Himoyachi)
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captain, skipper: the leader of a team.
(🇺🇿Kapitan)
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substitute: a sports player nominated as eligible to replace another after a match has begun.
(🇺🇿 Zahiradagi o'yinchi)
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manager: a person responsible for controlling a team and training new players.
(🇺🇿Tarkib murabbiyi)
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