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Football (Soccer) vocabulary · Stadium, Pitch & Fans

Behind closed doors

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

phraseCommon term

In football (soccer), behind closed doors means: With spectators excluded from attending the match at the venue.

In Turkish: seyircisiz

How it is used

Play behind closed doors concerns attendance; it does not necessarily mean the match is unbroadcast.

Example sentences

  1. The match was played behind closed doors, but fans watched it on television.

    Excluding stadium spectators does not exclude a broadcast audience.

  2. We could hear the coaches clearly during the game behind closed doors.

    The absent crowd changes the sound and atmosphere of the match.

Common collocations

  • play behind closed doors
  • match behind closed doors
  • behind-closed-doors fixture
  • stadiumThe venue where matches are played, made up of the pitch and the stands around it for spectators.
  • matchA game of football between two teams, normally made up of two 45-minute halves, with stoppage time added at the end of each half.

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