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Injury

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

/ˈɪndʒəri/nounCore term

In football (soccer), injury means: Physical damage to a player's body, such as a muscle strain or a broken bone, that can stop them from training or playing.

In Turkish: sakatlık

How it is used

Players pick up, suffer or recover from an injury, and a long-term injury can keep someone out for months. Clubs give an injury update before matches. Common examples are a hamstring injury, a groin strain and a knee ligament injury.

Example sentences

  1. She picked up a hamstring injury in training and will miss the next two games.

  2. We've got a few injury worries ahead of the derby.

Common collocations

  • pick up an injury
  • injury update
  • long-term injury
  • hamstring injury
  • injury list
  • substitutionReplacing a player on the pitch with a substitute; the number allowed depends on the competition, and a player who comes off cannot return.
  • squadAll the players available to a team for a season or a competition, from whom the starting eleven and the substitutes are chosen.
  • medicalThe health and fitness examination a player goes through before a transfer is completed, to check for injuries or medical problems.
  • training sessionA planned period of practice in which a team works on fitness, technique and tactics under the coaches' guidance.

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