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A match = two teams playing against each other in a 90-
minute game of football: trận đấu

Friendly game = is a game in which there is no
competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor:
trận giao hữu

Away game = a game played away from home: trận đấu
diễn ra tại sân đối phương

Away team = the team that is playing away from home:
đội chơi trên sân đối phương

A pitch = the area where footballers play a match: sân thi
đấu

A field = an area, usually covered with grass, used for
playing sport: sân bóng

Crossbar = a horizontal bar, either the part that forms the
top of a goal: xà ngang

Goal line = the line between the two posts that mark the

responsible for training, new players and transfers: huấn
luyện viên

A goalkeeper = the player in goal who has to stop the ball
from crossing the goal-line. The only player who is allowed
to handle the ball during open play: thủ môn.

A defender = a player who plays in the part of the football
team which tries to prevent the other team from scoring
goals: hậu vệ

A midfielder = a midfielder – a player who plays mainly in
the middle part of the pitch (or midfield): tiền vệ

An attacker = also called a forward; a player whose duty it
is to score goals: tiền đạo.

A skipper = the player who leads a team, also called the
captain: đội trưởng.

A substitute = a player who sits on the bench ready to
replace another team-mate on the pitch. Can also be used
as a verb: dự bị

A foul = a violation of the rules: lỗi

Offside = in a position which is not allowed by the rules of
the game, i.e. when an attacking player is closer to the
opposing team’s goal-line at the moment the ball is
passed to him or her than the last defender apart from the