To pass the ball from a wide position into the centre (usually an attacking ploy). Sometimes known as a centre.
- Example: David Beckham did not have much pace or even skill but he could cross a ball brilliantly.
- Example: The striker scored a header from a cross supplied by the winger
Day twenty four at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase stubborn defence from the France v...
Day ten at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the verb phrase 'to shrug off' and how we can use it to...
In this football phrase of the week we look at the adjective phrase, 'out-and-out' which is used to talk about players' styles of play.
In this football phrase of the week we look at the pverb phrasehrase 'skied it'. This phrase can be used to describe shooting or a shot.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is a verb phrase' to latch on to'. This is used to describe a player controlling the ball.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is to throw under the bus. which is a phrase used by Mohammad Salah in comments this week.
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