Football Language Quiz 10 – Review 2

To face the axe means that a player may be dropped/not chosen for the team. Also, managers can face the axe (be sacked soon)

If a team runs riot, they completely dominate another team and are able to score lots of goals - usually four or more.

To bundle the ball over the line or to bundle the ball home, means to score a goal after a scramble in the box, where many players are trying to either clear the ball (the defenders) or score a goal (the attackers), but none can hit the ball cleanly. Finally, one player bundles the ball over the line, by knocking the ball across the goal line with his shin, thigh, chest etc. It is an untidy goal. In the Carling Cup of 2012, Cardiff City player Turner bundled the ball home in the 118th minute.

Sudden death is when the penalty shoot-out goes beyond 5 shots. The African Cup of Nations Final in 2012 went to sudden death.

o nick it means to steal a win, to win though probably not deservedly. Arsenal nicked a win at Liverpool with an injury time goal.