A free kick, corner or penalty. A dead ball specialist is a player that is good at taking free kicks or corners.
- Example: David Beckham did not score from a dead ball situation last week but rather from open play.
- Example: Portugal’s Ronaldo is viewed as one of the best dead ball specialists in the game.
This football language podcast looks at some football language from the 2nd legs of the knockout round in the Champions League, including...
In this football phrase of the week, we talk about the football phrase 'under the lights', connected with theupcoming Merseyside derby.
In this football phrase of the week we introduce the football phrase 'touching distance', connected with the Arsenal vs Man City game.
In this football language podcast we look back at some of the language from this week's European action, including the phrase 'seal a spot'.
In this football language podcast we take a look at the phrase 'winning run', and other similar phrases.
This week's football phrase of the week is the verb, 'to rattle' and how it can be used in footbal to talk about shots and also pressure.
