corner kick
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A corner kick is a way to restart play in soccer when the defending team last touched the ball before it went out of bounds over the goal line. It's a scoring opportunity for the attacking team, who get to kick the ball from the corner of the field toward the goal.
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Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur) taking a corner kick against Manchester United. The Tottenham players (blue) attempt to move into position to direct the corner towards the goal, while the United players (red, with goalkeeper in yellow) attempt to defend. The assistant referee (green, with flag) ensures that the corner is taken from inside the quarter-circle area. Alessandro Del Piero takes a corner kick for Sydney FC. Corner area of the football field. A corner kick, commonly known as a corner, is the method of restarting play in a game of association football when the ball goes out of play over the goal line, without a goal being scored and having last been touched by a member of the defending team. The kick is taken from the corner of the field of play nearest to the place where the ball crossed the goal line.
Corners are considered to be a reasonable goal-scoring opportunity for the attacking side, though not as much as a penalty kick or a direct free kick near the edge of the penalty area.