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Short corner

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounCommon term

In football (soccer), short corner means: A corner routine beginning with a short pass to a nearby teammate instead of an immediate cross.

In Turkish: kısa korner

How it is used

Take a short corner describes the initial choice, even if a cross follows later.

Example sentences

  1. They took a short corner to draw a defender out of the penalty area.

    The nearby pass changes the defensive arrangement before delivery.

  2. Our short corner failed when the receiver lost the return pass.

    A short routine requires a successful exchange before the next action.

Common collocations

  • take a short corner
  • short-corner routine
  • defend a short corner
  • corner kickA kick from the corner of the pitch, given to the attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line after last touching a defending player and no goal is scored.
  • passA kick, header or throw that sends the ball to a teammate. As a verb, to pass means to send the ball to a teammate in this way.

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