centre circle

centre circle

English

Alternative forms

• center circle (US)

Noun

centre circle (plural centre circles)

1. (soccer) The circle in the centre of the pitch which, at kick-off, the defending team may not enter until the attacking side has touched the ball.
   • 2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London)‎:

     Vardy should have equalled Dunne’s record nine minutes in, when he dispossessed Williams in the centre circle and sped clear.

Translations

the circle in the centre of the pitch in soccer

Catalan: cercle central (ca) m Danish: midtercirkel c French: rond central (fr) m Irish: lárchiorcal m, ciorcal láir m Swedish: mittcirkel c

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