football

UK /ˈfʊtbɔːl/ US /ˈfʊtbɔl/
noun 5verb 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

adventurous, attractive, classy, creative, entertaining, exciting, fine, fluent, good, great, neat

one-touch

The young players practiced their one-touch football during training to improve their passing accuracy.

amateur, professional | junior | first-team | club, league | international, world | domestic | five-a-side | indoor | live | American, Aussie rules/Australian rules, Gaelic

QUANT

game

VERB + FOOTBALL

play | watch

follow

Many fans follow football every weekend, even when their team is losing badly.

FOOTBALL + NOUN

club, league | squad, team | hero, player, star | field, ground, pitch, stadium

terraces

Thousands of fans packed into the football terraces to watch their team play.

boots, kit, shirt, shorts, strip | agent, management, manager

authorities

The football authorities decided to ban the player for three matches after the incident.

enthusiast, fan, follower, supporter | crowd | programme | championship, game, match, tournament | training | career | hooliganism, riot, violence | hooligan

chant

The fans sang their traditional football chants as the team walked onto the pitch.

commentator, writer

action, coverage

The local news provided excellent football coverage of Saturday's match.

world

Everyone in the football world knew that he was the best player of his generation.

culture

In Brazil, football culture is so strong that the sport brings the entire nation together.

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