Benzema, lurking on the edge of the penalty area, sniffed opportunity.
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He talked about the way Liverpool's players pour into the penalty area.
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Agüero burst through, into Tottenham's penalty area, and picked out his teammate.
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Fabinho played a 1-2 with Firmino and cut into the penalty area.
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From 1994 to 13, Briana Scurry made the penalty area her personal property.
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Aguero hit the turf in the penalty area after a collision with Magnusson.
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The current benefit of diving, particularly in the penalty area, far outweighs the costs.
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I, for one, support more sensational goals scored from outside the penalty area. FRANCE!
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He one timed it from the edge of the penalty area straight into goal.
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He was dismissed after tangling with Jeison Murillo at the top of the penalty area.
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Suddenly he reversed direction, ran to the ball and thumped it toward Barcelona's penalty area.
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Japan zipped the ball into and around the Colombia penalty area for an endless stretch.
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He walks the ball through the Spanish defense, into the penalty area, around two defenders.
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It wasn't in the penalty area, but the video assistant is taking a look anyway.
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He immediately strides to the center of the Australia penalty area and waits for service.
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England's goalkeeper, Joe Hart, had rushed out of his penalty area to head the ball away.
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A giveaway by Mexico gives Neymar an open look at the top of the penalty area.
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In the second half, Han swooped through Brescia's penalty area and scored on a powerful header.
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Neymar then ran into the penalty area and slid to tap Willian&aposs cross into the net.
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"We haven't produced quite enough moments of quality around the penalty area in the tournament," he said.
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His goal after 108 minutes was curled around a defender from the edge of the penalty area.
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It worked the ball into Mainz's penalty area on an impressive 183 occasions; Mainz managed only 17.
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Oghenekaro Etebo shoots from just outside the penalty area but a defender gets a leg on it.
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Spinning at the top of the penalty area, he turns and fires his team into the lead.
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Three minutes later, Fernando Torres was tripped in the penalty area by Raphaël Varane, Real's French defender.
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Yassine Meriah grappled with Kane again in the second half to stop him moving in the penalty area.
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In the 41st minute, Pogba danced along the sideline and curled a beautiful cross into the penalty area.
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But Bravo departed, too, when he pulled down an attacker outside the penalty area and was sent off.
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Gaëtane Thiney, France's playmaking midfielder, had excellent chances inside the penalty area in the 59th and 66th minutes.
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He had picked up possession on the edge of Liverpool's penalty area, directly in front of the Kop.
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In the 54th minute, France's star forward Antoine Griezmann went down in the penalty area after what looked like contact with the Australian defender Joshua Risdon, who had appeared to clip Griezmann's left heel while sliding in from behind for a tackle just as Griezmann crossed into Australia's penalty area.
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Kane, the Premier League's top scorer, had barely touched the ball in the opponents' penalty area in either game.
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They also believe Gabriel Jesus was manhandled inside the penalty area and should have been awarded a spot kick.
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A penalty kick is awarded when there is a foul inside the penalty area in front of the goal.
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Carlos Vela takes a perfect cross from the wing into the penalty area, but his header goes just wide.
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After Steve Birnbaum won a header inside the penalty area, Gyasi Zardes tried to head the loose ball clear.
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Hazard was fouled by Murillo and Belgium got a free kick just to the side of the penalty area.
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His volley, struck powerfully from far outside the penalty area, flew past the outstretched Reina into the far corner.
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Canada's David Junior Hoilett scored on a soaring shot from well beyond the penalty area in the 61st minute.
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Nearby, forward Mallory Pugh walked around a patch of grass just outside the penalty area, seemingly lost in thought.
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Antoine Griezmann was through on goal and inside the penalty area before he went down under contact from Josh Risdon.
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A change to the goal kick rule will also mean the ball does not have to leave the penalty area.
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Altidore converted a penalty kick in the 43rd minute after Wood was kicked down while streaking into the penalty area.
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Russia had a free kick from just outside the right corner of the penalty area after Josip Pivaric's silly handball.
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He made that clear in the 64th minute after another Hernández cross that ended up loose in the penalty area.
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Portugal had won a corner kick, and Ronaldo casually jogged into the center of the penalty area to receive it.
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How do you not mark the really tall defender in the middle of the penalty area on a corner kick?
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In the 85th, Germany failed to clear the ball and ignored Promes lurking on the edge of the penalty area.
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Moments earlier, he was fortunate not to be given a yellow card for diving after theatrically tumbling inside the penalty area.
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Five minutes later, with Belgium stalking the Wales goal again, the ball rolled to Radja Nainggolan just outside the penalty area.
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He left the first leg late in the first half after colliding with Colombia's Andres Renteria just outside the penalty area.
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This time, Hart took a goal kick, passing the ball to his teammate Fernando at the top of the penalty area.
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Moments later, Ertz takes a whack to the foot, and now Horan has taken a tumble backtracking in her penalty area.
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Mihailovic put the United States ahead in the 40th minute from just inside the penalty area off a cross from Baird.
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Belgium whips it around the penalty area, De Bruyne kicks it to Lukaku, who puts it in with a diving header.
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Bradley took a free kick from about 35 yards and sent a low liner into the middle of the penalty area.
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In the penalty area, he stands up defenders — he does not panic or wobble — and then finds ways to beat them.
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English players now take their time—hasty shooters tend to miss—and decide on their shot before walking to the penalty area.
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Boateng tripped Javier Morales in the penalty area in the 19th minute, and Plata converted the ensuing penalty kick two minutes later.
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Dragging Duarte with him across the top of the penalty area, Dempsey paused as if to shoot, then squared the ball left.
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Nevertheless, there are several spots in the field—the penalty area, the center circle—where 2100 yards can be tricky to maintain.
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Rebic gets dragged down just a couple yards outside the left corner of the penalty area, giving Croatia a dangerous free kick.
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Weah had few opportunities in the dying minutes, but did manage to draw a foul a few yards outside the penalty area.
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Tottenham pings one cross, then another, across the full width of the Liverpool penalty area, but each sails through cleanly — and untouched.
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In the eighth minute, he lurked along the edge of the penalty area as play bubbled far off on the left wing.
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Three minutes later, Zelaya managed to make enough space to chest down a long ball, dribble into the penalty area and fire.
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Messi struck the ball in full stride but with shocking delicacy, lifting a chip shot that arced gracefully across the penalty area.
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Portland tied it in the 55th minute when Fanendo Adi fended off a defender and muscled his way into the N.Y.C.F.C. penalty area.
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Drinkwater was sent off in the 86th for a second yellow card, pulling back Memphis Depay as he raced toward the penalty area.
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It eventually forced Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona's captain, to handle the ball inside the penalty area to stop a clear-cut goal-scoring opportunity.
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In the 12th minute in Vancouver, Kudo was racing to catch up with a nice ball into the penalty area from Matias Laba.
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The Koreans dominated possession against Nigeria, particularly in the second half, but lacked any kind of cutting edge in the opposition penalty area.
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Barca moved the ball around the perimeter of the penalty area, from Vidal to Iniesta and then over to Adriano in some space.
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Sophie Howard had just entered the game when she slid into a leg of Aldana Cometti, who was streaking into the penalty area.
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With England preparing to take a free kick on the left flank, Norway was expecting the ball to swing into the penalty area.
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Taken on the left, it is worked around and lofted to center back Wendie Renard on the right side of the penalty area.
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He has a go from the top of Mexico's penalty area, but Salcedo gets in the way and deflects it over the bar.
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But those who know how to be in the penalty area and are the most gifted players know how to make a difference.
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Liverpool was given a lifeline just before halftime when forward Sadio Mané was clumsily tripped by Ángel Di María in the penalty area.
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Rooney's long diagonal free kick sailed beyond a mass of people in the penalty area and fell to Acosta at the back post.
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Even in stoppage time, when Lozano got the ball in a dangerous position in the penalty area, he was immediately surrounded by four defenders.
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They sat back, sometimes dangerously deep on the edge of their penalty area, and let Belgium have the ball, opting instead for counter-attacking.
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Lallana actually got the play started, sending in a cross to the middle of the penalty area that found its way to Steven Caulker.
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With a strong penalty shout for Liverpool in the interim, the match was sealed when Berti Vogts brought Keegan down in the penalty area.
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In the sixth minute, Giovinco took a pass from Jozy Altidore with his back to the goal at the edge of the penalty area.
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Lloris came up big in the final minutes after the substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was judged to have been fouled in the penalty area.
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But there was one twist yet, when Joel Campbell, the striker who worked tirelessly all game, was brought down just inside the penalty area.
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Yellow card for Swiss right back Stephan Lichtsteiner for a rude little tug of Neymar's collar, which brought him down outside the penalty area.
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But Maradona, who had made his way into the penalty area after the previous attack fizzled, leapt up and got to the ball before Shilton.
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Mandzukic alertly reacted to the unexpected ball in the penalty area, splitting defenders John Stones and Harry Maguire, who had taken four short steps up.
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But with time running out Hungary resorted to Iceland's game as they started pumping teasing crosses into the penalty area which kept evading their forwards.
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But then Sturridge ran through the penalty area, slipped past a defender, who tumbled backward, and slipped the ball inside Hennessey at the near post.
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Boateng scored in the eighth minute when his shot from outside the penalty area took a slight deflection into the left corner of the net.
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And then Bravo rushed from his penalty area to intercept a long ball, aiming to send a short, simple pass to one of his teammates.
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Rodriguez muscled off Davinson Sánchez and cut the ball back to Gil, who scored with a right-footed shot from just past the penalty area.
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My original submission used PANDA reparsed as a revealer for two-word phrases starting with P and A (PARTY ANIMAL, PENALTY AREA and PUTTERS AROUND).
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In a soccer match last year, a ball tumbled aimlessly into the penalty area — almost like a confused pedestrian — about 13 yards from the goal.
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The United States got a break in the 85th minute when a shot hit O'Hara's elbow in the penalty area but no penalty was called.
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Dempsey lobbed the goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti from a difficult angle outside the penalty area to help Fulham knock the Italian giants out of the competition.
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Bradley helped in the buildup to the equalizer, playing the ball to left back Antonee Robinson, who played a long cross into the penalty area.
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He receives the ball at the top of the penalty area, cuts to his right, and curls a hard shot just inside the right post!
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Ronaldo scored his 10th Champions League goal of the season with a low shot from inside the penalty area after a pass from Lucas Vázquez.
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The Argentines created the first chance when Lucas Biglia's shot from outside the penalty area was saved by Brazil goalkeeper Alisson in the 23rd minute.
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A giant red balloon made its way into the Brazilian penalty area but was popped by Alisson before it could record a shot on goal.
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Giovinco nearly put Toronto ahead in the 64th minute when he received a pass from Altidore with space in the middle of the penalty area.
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In the 60th minute Alex Morgan, a star striker who helped America win the last World Cup in 2015, drew a foul in the penalty area.
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The midfielder from Ghana received Gordon's short pass, accelerated past three defenders into the penalty area and converted an 8-yard shot inside the left post.
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Leonardo Bonucci sent in a perfect ball to the center of the penalty area and Giaccherini, who dusted two Belgium defenders, took care of the rest.
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The ball bounced off the turf in the penalty area and hung up in the air long enough for Gremio defender Thomas Luciano to clean up.
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"If there are 10 players in the penalty area like an Icelandic wall then of course it's difficult and you have to find gaps," Koller said.
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Meanwhile, Greizmann slipped in front of the German goal just as Paul Pogba went into a dazzling dance on the left side of the penalty area.
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Defender Toby Alderweireld scored after a Tottenham corner kick, and two minutes later Kane curled in a beauty from the left edge of the penalty area.
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The game's opening goal came in the 28th minute after Jozy Altidore nearly lost possession while trying to beat a defender just outside the penalty area.
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When he scored nine goals in a single game for Norway's Under-20s against Honduras in May, every single one came from inside the penalty area.
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Dribbling left in the penalty area, Etienne dropped his defender by pulling the ball back to his right and firing a shot inside the right post.
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Russia gets a free kick in a dangerous area after Sime Vrsaljko is called for a handball on the left side of the Croatian penalty area.
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Juventus went all out attack and got the decisive third goal four minutes from the final whistle, when Bernardeschi was nudged over in the penalty area.
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Late in the first half, Paulinho led a rush up the right side and played a perfect centering pass across the middle of the penalty area.
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It was no coincidence that Liverpool was in Leicester's penalty area, deep into injury time, seeking a winning goal, just before it was awarded a penalty.
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Dani Alves had latched on to his pass down the right side and back-heeled the ball to Higuaín, who was sprinting into the penalty area.
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Loitering in the penalty area, he was in perfect position to pounce on a low cross from DeAndre Yedlin, sliding to stab it into the net.
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Steven Zuber got one of the better looks that Switzerland has seen all evening, receiving the ball just inside the left corner of the penalty area.
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Sterling is in, down the left side of Arsenal's penalty area, and Sergio Agüero knows where he has to go, where he is meant to be.
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The episode happened less than 123 minutes into the game in the second-tier Championship in Birmingham, England, when Grealish was in the Birmingham penalty area.
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Lloyd's penalty shot, taken after a hand ball by Mexico in the penalty area, went toward the middle of the goal and was blocked by Cecilia Santiago.
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Suárez's third goal was especially impressive, as he and Messi fooled everybody after Messi was tripped in the penalty area following a nifty dribble past a defender.
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Striker Mario Mandzukic ran unchallenged into the penalty area and chipped a low ball back into the center where the unmarked Kramaric scored with a glancing header.
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Penilla split two Toronto defenders before unleashing a wicked right-footed kick from just outside the penalty area that wrong-footed Reds' goalkeeper Alexander Bono couldn't handle.
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This time it was Giroud creating as he leapt in between two Irish defenders to nod down a high ball near the edge of the penalty area.
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Sanches then unleashed a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area that took a deflection off Grzegorz Krychowiak on its way past the outstretched Fabianski.
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A cutting run into the penalty area by Ibrahimovic left him just in front of an Ireland defender as Martin Olsson crossed the ball toward the goal.
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After a Joevin Jones cross into the penalty area, Valdez went up and over Dallas defender Maynor Figueroa and headed the ball into the back left corner.
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A few seconds later, Rebic is flying in himself this time — colliding with Pickford on a high ball served into the top of the England penalty area.
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Rose Lavelle was fouled in the penalty area and, after a video review confirmed the decision, Rapinoe converted her second penalty kick for a 2-1 lead.
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Moralez sent the ball to Villa, who slotted in his team-leading 15th goal of the year from just outside the penalty area in the 583th minute.
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A lazy deflection falls to Hummels at the top of the Mexico penalty area and his lazy shot rolls lazily into the arms of an unbothered Ochoa.
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He cleans out Muriel's legs with a slide tackle at the corner of the penalty area, but gets his feet on the ball to avoid a foul.
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It even came out on Tuesday with more fire, as Martin Braithwaite twice sliced through into the penalty area on the right in the match's opening minutes.
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Then, as he approaches the penalty area, he feints to his right and drops his shoulder, only to shift his weight and slip off to the left.
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Rapinoe wasted no time in making an impact — drilling in a low free kick through a crowded penalty area to open the scoring in the fifth minute.
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Mexico then made a lightning start with the fastest goal of the tournament so far in their first incursion into the Uruguay penalty area in the fourth minute.
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KEY TO SUCCESS Russia&aposs players were significantly taller and heavier than the Saudis, a help when challenging for the ball and when the penalty area was crowded.
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Their defense was indeed superb, the highlight being Ragner Sigurdsson's last-ditch tackle on Jamie Vardy in the penalty area when the England forward was about to shoot.
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Cavani's second goal was another magnificent effort as he met Bentancur's pass first-time and curled the ball into the net from the edge of the penalty area.
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With France pushing forward to try to score in extra time, there was an opening for Portugal, and Éder slid to his right just outside the penalty area.
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Messi had given his team a slender advantage, thanks to an unfortunate slip in his own penalty area by Fernandinho, but there was little separating the two teams.
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He made a straightaway run from the center circle toward the penalty area on his own, but he's tripped up at the last minute with a nice tackle.
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Gwinn's powerful 23th-minute shot from the edge of the penalty area flew between the legs of a jumping Chinese defender into the left corner of the net.
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Adam Lallana's first touch, after he appeared as a second-half substitute, was to pull off a Cruyff turn, under pressure, not far from his own penalty area.
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It is misleading to suggest that he has transformed into a striker, a penalty- area predator, because he is not really restricted by such mortal concepts as geography.
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Rooney's red card against the Red Bulls came after VAR spotted the infraction, which the referee had not seen in a crowded penalty area at a corner kick.
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Juan Quintero gets a look from the top of the penalty area after a Colombian break, but Jan Bednarek gets a leg on it and it goes wide.
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The Russian-based midfielder had another chance just before halftime when the ball came to him in the penalty area but he curled his shot over the bar.
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Ings received a high ball from Jack Stephens on the edge of the penalty area and lifted it over defender Toby Alderweireld before netting in the 17th minute.
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Vardy fell too easily and too theatrically in the penalty area and was sent off for "simulation," which is FIFA's word for blatant diving to gain a penalty kick.
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From the free kick just outside the penalty area, however, Neymar fired the ball on target with deadly precision and it went in off the underside of the crossbar.
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Qarabag kicked off, and Sykora ran onto a loose ball in open space and slotted a low shot past goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic from the edge of the penalty area.
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Denmark went ahead in the very first minute after a huge throw-in by Jonas Knudsen sent the ball into the penalty area, where Croatia was in some disarray.
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Even Naeher, who has had almost nothing to do in goal, has crept forward so that she's spent most of her night outside the penalty area, Manuel Neuer-style.
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The ball falls to David Silva after a hopeful cross into the penalty area, and he slashes at it with his right foot and skies it over the bar.
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Ronaldo carried the ball into the penalty area but was surrounded by three defenders, so he passed to Quaresma, who was free on the far side of the box.
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The match was then interrupted for nearly 10 minutes in the second half as Albania fans set up more firecrackers, creating a cloud of smoke over Buffon's penalty area.
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Osorio scored in the 211th minute, taking a pass from Ricketts just outside the penalty area and slotting the ball neatly into the net for a 20-266 lead.
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Roberto Firmino, who came on a few minutes ago to replace Gabriel Jesus, got his first look at goal as a long ball squeaked through into the penalty area.
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Pulisic scored in the fourth minute, bursting toward goal, running onto a one-touch pass from Gyasi Zardes and beating goalkeeper Gabriel Arias from just inside the penalty area.
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Croatia rallied to equalize with a terrific left-foot strike by Ivan Perisic; however France took the lead right back when Perisic handled the ball in his own penalty area.
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Green's unlikely save at her third hole, the par-four 12th, came after she had hit her second shot into a penalty area she barely knew existed at Hazeltine National.
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In the final minute of the first half of the semifinal match between France and Germany, France were awarded a penalty quick for a hand ball in the penalty area.
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But instead, Walter Ayoví passed it along the ground back through the penalty area, where Arroyo drove a low shot with his right instep into the goal to Guzan's right.
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Miazga received a red in the 20th minute for pulling down Christian Borga, who was running onto a ball just outside the penalty area on an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
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Her shot from the top of the penalty area curled into the upper right corner as Naeher, stranded off her line, could only reach in vain with her left hand.
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Deployed on the right flank, he frequently found his way to the penalty area and had a couple of scoring chances saved from close range, and also distinguished himself defensively.
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He curls an absolutely beautiful shot from the top of the penalty area on the right side past Ochoa, who didn't have a chance to get a hand on it.
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Among her goals was a highlight-worthy effort in the 29th minute in which she eluded three defenders while working her way from left to right in the penalty area.
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An errant pass by Kroos in the center circle became, in two quick Swedish passes, a chance bouncing off the chest of forward Ola Toivonen in the German penalty area.
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His assist on Maxi Moralez's 56th-minute goal, which completed an intricate exchange at the top of the penalty area, had delivered yet another highlight in a day of them.
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His best effort came against Burnley in December, where he ran from the edge of his penalty area, dribbled past six opposition players, and slotted the ball in the net.
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Leicester were awarded a corner kick in the 15 minute and Marc Albrighton fired it into the penalty area where Robert Huth was able to get his head to it.
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In retaliation, Lewandowski was kicked to pieces for the rest of the game, though he did manage to win a foul in the penalty area before putting Poland 2-0 up.
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To the surprise of most followers of England, it was Dier who stepped forward in the 74th minute to score on a free kick from the edge of the penalty area.
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But Netherlands midfielder Kevin Strootman trod on the ball, and Berg reacted to take it off him and beat goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet with a chip from just inside the penalty area.
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Germany struck almost immediately as Diaz lost the ball on the edge of his penalty area to Timo Werner who slipped it through for Stindl to score into an open goal.
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Three minutes after the halftime break, Paul Dummett hauled down Mohamed Salah in the penalty area, and Salah, Liverpool's top scorer, converted the penalty for his sixth goal in five matches.
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Striker Artem Dzyuba then put Russia ahead by 3-0 when he captured a 40-yard pass at the top of the penalty area and slammed a shot into the net.
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Kyle Walker set up Eriksen, and as the cross floated into the penalty area, Alli, left unmarked between Victor Moses and César Azpilicueta, coolly nodded the ball past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
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Hirving Lozano scored the lone goal in the 35th minute, picking up Javier Hernandez&aposs pass inside the penalty area and beating Mesut Ozil before shooting past Manuel Neuer from 10 yards.
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Eleven minutes into Santos' second fixture against Cruz Azul, Adriano cut inside from the edge of the penalty area and curled a right-footed strike into the top corner of the goal.
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Burnley striker Sam Vokes touched the ball with his hand in the Swansea penalty area, but Taylor thought it was a Swansea player, and awarded a penalty to Burnley, which they converted.
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Italy, the 2006 World Cup champion, finally broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute when Leonardo Bonucci found Giaccherini inside the Belgium penalty area with a lofted long ball over the defense.
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And his determination to be in control reached so far as to demand that players never hit a shot in the penalty area without taking another touch to settle the ball first.
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As Heath's momentum was taking her back up the pitch, she sent in a cross from just outside the corner of the penalty area to the near post and a waiting Lloyd.
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But Beth Mead spotted Bronze arriving at the edge of the penalty area unguarded, and Bronze connected and raised the ball high into the roof of the net with a fierce shot.
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Here's how Switzerland and Costa Rica played to a draw: Campbell of Costa Rica is brought down just inside the penalty area and Costa Rica has a chance to tie it late!
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The Belgian forward Dries Mertens scored from close range in the 77th after a sloppy mistake from P.S.G.'s Marquinhos, who failed to deal with a looping ball into the penalty area.
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Ronaldo scored in each half, and on similar plays — clinical finishes inside the penalty area after he had found a pocket to receive a pass from a teammate on the right wing.
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Andre Silva dribbled deep into the New Zealand penalty area to score with a rising shot in the 80th, and a substitute, Nani, shot low past goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic in stoppage time.
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He then conjured the game-winner a few minutes later with a chipped pass into the P.S.G. penalty area that Sergi Roberto stabbed into the net with a lunging right-footed volley.
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United were moving quickly on the counter and the ball eventually found its way to Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, who a sent a cross in from the near side into the penalty area.
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Modric then showed his quality with a rasping shot from outside the penalty area to double the lead in the 80th before Rakitic hit a curling free kick against the crossbar soon after.
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The central defender had the chance to break the deadlock in the 87th minute of Germany's final Group F match against South Korea when Mesut Ozil swung a cross into the penalty area.
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Late in the game, Sami Khedira had a simmering blast from outside the penalty area palmed away by McGovern, and Gómez had a header from a few yards out blocked by the goalkeeper.
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In the 95th minute, he floated a ball into the penalty area for Sergi Roberto, and he hit a sliding volley that made it 6-1 and, finally, put Barca ahead on aggregate.
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And it was Ronaldo who, with just a few minutes remaining in the second half, lined up a free kick a little outside the Spanish penalty area with Portugal now trailing, 21-22014.
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Otto was technically offside when he planted his foot a few yards outside the Liverpool penalty area, albeit only barely — by no more than the depth of the sponsor's logo on his boot.
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Jones passed from the center circle to Gyasi Zardes, who cut the ball to Bradley, who freed Altidore in the penalty area with a pass that split two defenders and met his darting run.
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When Hector Herrera received the ball on the edge of the penalty area in what seemed like a good shooting position, he was immediately surrounded by four defenders and his shot was charged down.
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Indeed, Payet shares a number of similarities with the young Cole – not least the sense of freewheeling exuberance that seems to inform every touch of the ball, every balletic jaunt into the penalty area.
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A free kick 40 yards out was guided by Danny Drinkwater into the United penalty area and there, outmuscling Marcos Rojo and rising above him, Leicester's skipper, Wes Morgan, produced a powerful downward header.
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Weiss cut back toward the middle of the penalty area and, after waiting a beat for the Russians to run past him, blistered a shot past goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to give Slovakia the lead.
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South Africa were on for a shock win after Thembi Kgatlana struck a powerful shot from the corner of the penalty area over the head of Spain goalkeeper Sandra Panos in the 25th minute.
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Not even the worst moments — some wayward passes; Morgan's crumpling in the penalty area holding her knee; defender Kelley O'Hara hobbling after a kick to her surgically repaired ankle — could spoil the festive mood.
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But V.A.R. would come to France's rescue, and the first penalty kick was awarded after French forward Viviane Asseyi lunged for a cross inside Nigeria's penalty area with defender Ngozi Ebere marking her tightly.
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Daniel Sturridge, on the field for only four minutes, picked up the ball outside Chelsea's penalty area, glanced up and lifted a swerving, dipping shot beyond the reach of Kepa Arrizabalaga for the draw.
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Ronaldo, running alongside Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti at the edge of the penalty area, fell into the box after the players collided and appealed to the referee, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, for a penalty.
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Real Madrid added to its lead after Atlético defender Filipe Luís lost the ball to Ronaldo, who entered the penalty area and fired a shot past Oblak into the upper corner of the net.
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Talented winger Nemanja Radonjic looked the only Serbian threat as he came close twice with shots from the edge of the penalty area while Chile missed a string of chances at the other end.
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He is a fan of the soccer coach Pep Guardiola's philosophy, which calls for great discipline until his players get close to the penalty area, where he asks them to rely more on instinct.
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The Americans failed to clear the ball as in bounced around the penalty area, and Opazo one-timed the ball past goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, with the ball taking a slight deflection off a defender.
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But Argentina was awarded a penalty kick after referee Ri Hyang-okof North Korea took an extended look at replays of a sliding tackle in the penalty area by Sophie Howard on Aldana Cometti.
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The attack would have been stopped at the top of the penalty area, but defender Tim Ream's giveaway allowed Scott Arfield to get a cross from the right flank to the far post to Davies.
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England regrouped and after half an hour they halved the deficit when Kirby dribbled from the right into the penalty area, cut on to her left and curled the ball in off the far post.
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Every long ball and cross driven into the penalty area rocked the Hungarians and it was hardly surprising that it produced the penalty which Gylfi Sigurdsson converted after a glaring error by goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly.
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Altidore came close to scoring in the second half after being put through into the penalty area by Sacha Kljestan but he was denied by Serbia goalkeeper Filip Manojlovic who advanced swiftly off his line.
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Later, with the goal in the bag, Atlético did revert to blanket defending in front of its own penalty area, the same way that it had drawn the sting out of Barcelona in the quarterfinals.
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Lampard took a pass from Khiry Shelton at the top of the penalty area, faked out a defender and goalkeeper Bill Hamid with his right foot, and then slammed the ball home with his left.
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She dribbled the left flank toward the top of the penalty area before making a cutback on defender Alanna Kennedy to create space for the shot from 16 yards that went into the far netting.
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Yet it took Vardy just 11 minutes to nab the goal that put England back on level terms, while Sturridge found a way through a crowded penalty area to snatch the winner in stoppage time.
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Midfielder Joao Mario doubled the lead when he rifled in a shot from outside the penalty area and Portugal, who face Spain, Morocco and Iran in their World Cup group, seemed to be in control.
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Hernandez did a good job getting him a ball at the top of the penalty area and, using Vida as a screen, he pulls a shot left and past Subasic, who is left no chance.
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Ivan Perisic collected a loose ball off a cross in the Russian penalty area, took a touch to give himself a clean look on goal, and then pings it off the inside of the post!
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Despite his moderate score, Koepka, in his first start since winning the PGA Championship three weeks ago, was happy with everything except his putting — and a wayward drive into a penalty area at the 10th.
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Three minutes into the second half, Mascherano, Argentina's veteran defender, who has looked every day of his 219 years, took down Leon Balogun with a rugby tackle in the penalty area on a corner kick.
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When a free kick was swung into the penalty area, he rose to send a glancing header to full back Franco Escobar, who ghosted in at the far post to score from point-blank range.
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Donovan said he remembered the first time Dempsey was called into camp, when Donovan mentioned to his roommate Brian Ching that the ball always seemed to gravitate toward the newcomer's feet in the penalty area.
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It came in the 57th minute, when Ruidiaz lofted a pass to Leerdam on the right side of the penalty area and Leerdam evaded a lunging Nicolas Benezet and smashed the ball toward the far post.
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Pedro Geromel put Gremio ahead when he headed home a free kick after 34 minutes and then Romulo doubled their lead 12 minutes from time with a delightful chip from the edge of the penalty area.
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The winner also came in dramatic fashion, coming from two second-half substitutes: James Rodríguez curled a cross into the penalty area, and Morata found the net with a firm header from near the penalty spot.
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Aleksandr Erokhin goes down after a hard collision in the Croatian penalty area, which is either a serious problem for Russia, which is out of substitutions, or a convenient opportunity for everyone to take a breather.
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The goal came on the last touch of a gorgeous interchange between three Juventus players in the penalty area: six touches without the ball hitting the grass until it was in the back of the net.
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Club América had a free kick right on the edge of the penalty area in the 84th minute, with goalkeeper Agustin Marchesín coming up to take the shot so his teammates to load up the box.
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Matteo Darmian entered the penalty area and took a shot that was, unfortunately for Spain, deflected right to Pellé who scissored it past David de Gea on the volley to effectively end the game at 2-0.
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It happened on May 13th in Montreal, with the final whistle looming, when Montreal Impact forward Didier Drogba stepped up to a free kick a few yards out from the left corner of the Galaxy penalty area.
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Then he stalked the ball as it bounced away from the penalty area, shot it back toward goal and watched as his longtime teammate Nani redirected the ball into the net to give Portugal plenty of cushion.
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Driving to the right side of the penalty area, she centers in the general direction of Mewis, who lets it roll on to Rapinoe closing in — unmarked in the sudden change of possession — from the left wing.
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Adams, a 19-year-old midfielder for the Red Bulls of M.L.S., burst into the penalty area to tuck away an Antonee Robinson cross in the 71st minute to settle a hard-fought encounter at Nissan Stadium.
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In the 69th minute, Russia scored again when Smolov started a move on the halfway line, passed the ball wide to the right to Alexander Samedov, and sprinted into the penalty area to score from five yards.
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Three days after losing to Athletic Bilbao, 2-1, in a first-leg match in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona had failed to score until Messi produced a superb strike from the edge of the penalty area.
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Boateng added his second goal in the 34th minute, when he sped past defender Demar Phillips and fired a 12-yard shot with his left foot from the right side of the penalty area inside the far post.
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Vardy, the Premier League's second-leading scorer, was sent off in the second half of Sunday's draw with West Ham after being booked twice, the second time for diving in the penalty area after tangling with Angelo Ogbonna.
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For the first goal he capitalised on a clumsy defensive error, the second was a leaping header from five yards, while the third came from the penalty area and saw Kuyt roll home with the minimum of fuss.
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The Red Bulls, who set an M.L.S. regular-season record for points in a season with 71, evened the aggregate after Sean Davis sent a free kick from 35 yards on the right flank into the penalty area.
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It proved a pivotal moment as a minute later the ball dropped kindly for Marc Albrighton just inside the penalty area and he was allowed time and space to dispatch a left-foot shot past Sevilla keeper Sergio Rico.
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Two minutes later, Rashford took Henrikh Mkhitaryan's pass all alone to the right of the City penalty area and placed the ball beyond Ederson to ensure the red half of Manchester prevailed in the first derby played outside England.
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They paid for that miss when Cuthbert burst into the penalty area two minutes later shooting powerfully at keeper Vanina Correa, who saved, but the Chelsea forward reacted quickest to cut the ball back to Little who slid home.
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Lucas Hernandez headed over in extra time after finding himself unmarked from a corner and Atletico captain Gabi wasted a free kick on the edge of the PSV penalty area, but the hosts could not find a way through.
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Collecting the ball near midfield in the 27th minute, Gyasi Zardes drove quickly down the left side, paused briefly as he reached the corner of the penalty area, and then drove hard past two defenders to the end line.
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As the clock ticked down, the 3,000 or so inside Rochdale's home ground grumbled whenever a player chose the short pass over the long, or decided to go backward, rather than sending an aimless cross into the penalty area.
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N.Y.C.F.C.'s Thomas McNamara scored the first goal of the new season in spectacular fashion in the 10th minute, taking a feed from Khiry Shelton at the top of the penalty area and curling it into the upper corner.
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Lindsey Horan was making a zigzagging run through the penalty area, and by the time the ball bounced into a small opening in front of the goal, Horan had shed her defender and was free to tap it in.
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And Brazilian officials, still angered by tying Switzerland 1-1 in their first game, have demanded an explanation from FIFA for why VAR went unused for what they argue was a foul on Gabriel Jesus in the penalty area.
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Cristiano Ronaldo tied it with a free kick in the 62nd minute to keep Madrid alive, but the Danish midfielder Daniel Wass restored Celta's lead with a low shot from the edge of the penalty area in the 85th.
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Early in the second half, when trying to clear the ball near his own penalty area, he was scythed down by Gabriel Agbonlahor, a professional footballer and large man who has played three times for the England national team.
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"Now, with GLT focused on the goal line, the additional assistants can focus exclusively on the control of other incidents in the penalty area, the most crucial area of the pitch," UEFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina said in a statement.
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The Sounders committed 12 fouls and appeared to get away with two handballs in their penalty area, but L.A.F.C. failed to capitalize on any of its meager chances after Eduard Atuesta scored on a free kick in the opening minutes.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The sight of Tunisia defenders wrestling England's Harry Kane to the ground in the penalty area without punishment during Monday's World Cup Group G match has raised more questions about the worth of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
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For all his frustration, Ronaldo did not pout and continued to play with passion and verve, driving into the penalty area and getting yanked to the ground by an Austrian defender to draw a penalty kick with about 10 minutes remaining.
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The cracks began to appear five minutes later, however, when Anice Badri was left alone inside the penalty area to fire past Anthony Lopes and pull one back for Tunisia who face England, Panama and Belgium in their World Cup group.
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A scramble in the penalty area ensued, before Lewandowski sauntered back in amongst the play, picking the ball back up, swiveling, and finding the bottom corner with a trademark finish to take his side into the break with the lead.
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Mandzukic collected the ball behind the Russian defense on the left side and had a clear run into the penalty area, where he played a simple little chip right to Kramaric's head to knock in past Akinfeev from about 5 yards.
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Still, Iran continued to win duels and pose a threat, and in the 82d minute Vahid Amiri outfoxed Gerard Pique, the star Spanish defender, and fired a cross into the penalty area that Medhi Taremi headed just over the Spanish goal.
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After 90 minutes of regulation during which space had been tough to come by, he worked himself free inside the penalty area and easily met Harrison Afful's cross from the left, nodding it between goalkeeper Bill Hamid and his right post.
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In Guardiola's conception of the game, it is in those moments — when the ball is lofted high in the air, or swept into the penalty area — that planning and preparation and philosophy go out the window, and random chance takes over.
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He had one hand on the trophy with a one-shot lead playing the final hole of regulation but hooked his three-wood second shot into a penalty area and could not find his ball in the waist-high tropical grass.
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Germany, which won the title for the first time, got the only goal of the game from Lars Stindl in the 20th minute when Chile midfielder Marcelo Díaz gave the ball away on the edge of his own penalty area.
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When it seemed the hosts would get away with a smash-and-grab win at the Hawthorns, Alli salvaged a point for Spurs with a clever finish with the outside of his foot after good work by Eriksen in the penalty area.
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This one, a Brazilian playing for Italy, zipped past three defenders with pace and ball control, cut in from the left, and scored with a precise, low shot from just inside the penalty area for the decider in a 210-227 victory.
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Aaron Ramsey made a great run into the penalty area and then lofted it over to Robson-Kanu who pulled off a nifty little Cruyff turn to completely de-pants three Belgium defenders and give himself a clear shot at the net.
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Miazga, another product of the Red Bulls' academy who is now playing with the Dutch club Vitesse on loan from Chelsea, nearly cost the Americans a goal when he coughed up the ball just outside their own penalty area in the 67th minute.
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They continued to trouble the Scottish defense and doubled their lead through Birmingham City forward White, who collected the ball at the edge of the penalty area and beat Alexander with a curled effort from her left foot in the 40th minute.
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The ball bounced to Messi on the edge of the penalty area, and with Blaise Matuidi marking him closely, Messi shifted direction quickly with his back to the goal and fired a low left-footed shot that Lloris looked set to handle.
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James Rodríguez put Colombia ahead with a curling shot from just inside the penalty area in the 219th, but the U.S. regrouped and took a 227-275 lead on goals by Kellyn Acosta in the 219th minute and Bobby Wood in the 223rd.
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The lone goal arrived in the 22016nd minute, when Belgium striker Adnan Januzaj performed some fancy footwork to get free of Danny Rose on the right side, just inside England's penalty area, and curled left-footed shot past a splayed Jordan Pickford.
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Coutinho got the ball to Sturridge near the corner of the penalty area and for some reason, three Sevilla defenders just looked on as he took a few steps, flicked the ball to the far post, and watched as it curled in.
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Rapinoe, the pink-haired U.S. captain who grabbed world-wide attention on and off the field, scored in the 61st minute after a video review determined Stefanie van der Gragt had fouled Alex Morgan with a kick to the shoulder in the penalty area.
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In the 21st minute, he received a pass near the edge of the penalty area from forward C. J. Sapong, created space with an inside-out dribble and coolly curled the ball with his right foot just inside the near post of the goal.
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Germany struck almost immediately after when Díaz, turning away from Stindl on the edge of his penalty area, lost the ball to Werner, who drew the attention of Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and slipped the ball across to Stindl for an easy tap-in.
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Hazard shot the ball through a crowded penalty area into the net in the 63th minute and set up Nemanja Matic's powerful strike off the inside of the crossbar in the 80th to secure a final against Arsenal or Manchester City, who play Sunday.
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Picking up Lukas Klostermann's deep cross on the far right corner of the penalty area, Sabitzer took a neat touch on his chest before eyeing up the goal and striking the ball with dip, swerve, and power into the top left hand corner of Mikhail Kerzhakov's net.
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That was at the heart of the Australian argument on Saturday in Kazan, when France striker Antoine Griezmann went down after contact with Australia defender Joshua Risdon, who clipped Griezmann's left heel with his own foot after a sliding tackle as Griezmann crossed into Australia's penalty area.
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While Guardiola made Barcelona world famous for its silky, possession-oriented style, Simeone has transformed his red-and-white-striped Atlético players into rugged, ruthless defenders who guard their penalty area with fury and look to strike on offense through counterattacks or, quite often, on set plays after restarts.
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Atlanta put the Timbers on their heels early, and the breakthrough came in the 39th minute when Josef Martínez of Venezuela, the league's most valuable player, pounced on a loose ball at the edge of the Portland penalty area and coolly slotted it past Timbers goalkeeper Jeff Attinella.
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And in the 78th minute on Sunday, 37-year-old Felipe Baloy, a Panama reserve, even slipped into the penalty area to to get his foot on the other end of a free kick from 40 yards out to give Panama its first-ever goal at a World Cup.
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With just over 10 minutes remaining, Jérôme Boateng, the German defender, was marking Giorgio Chiellini after a corner kick, and as the ball came into the penalty area, he threw his arms in the air to show the referee, as demonstratively as possible, that he was not holding his opponent.
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Serge Aurier — a defender for P.S.G. who has just returned from a club-imposed suspension after he insulted his coach and a few teammates in a social media video post — gave the ball away in a dangerous position and Fernandinho pounced, slipping a tantalizing pass into the penalty area for Agüero.
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He nutmegged Fred on the edge of United's box — not because it drew the biggest gasp from the crowd or because it showcased his genius, but because it was the simplest route to the spot, just outside the penalty area, from which he could whip the ball around David De Gea.
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Having moved to P.S.G. from Monaco on Aug 31 in a loan deal for a reported fee of 180 million euros ($217 million), Mbappe, an 18-year-old prodigy, made an instant impact with a ferocious low strike from the edge of the penalty area early in the second half.
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Milan Pavkov scored in the 24nd and 21th minutes — his second goal a rising strike from outside the penalty area — to bring Red Star, which had lost by 23-22 at Liverpool, back into contention to advance to the knockout stage in its first appearance in a Champions League group stage.
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The proposed rules changes keep pouring in: A surprising number of people (like Neil Reilly) would happily change the shape of the penalty area — "rectangular is illogical," Neil says, which is the sort of slogan that should adorn a T-shirt — and there are abundant ideas for transforming various punishments.
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Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) v Raphael Varane and Samuel Umtiti (France) France have conceded only three goals on the way to the semi-finals, and the central defensive pair snuffed out the attacking threat of Luis Suarez in the quarter-final against Uruguay, barely allowing him a touch in the penalty area.
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Picking the ball up just yards into the opposition half, the Argentine drove with power and pace at the Atletico defense before cutting into the center of the field and passing to his teammate Luis Suarez, who had his back to the goal on the edge of the penalty area.
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In the 28th minute of the Goiás state championship against Atletico Goianiense in March, he ran onto a floated pass into the penalty area, spun 5003 degrees under the flight of the ball, and then launched into an almost horizontal scissors kick to smash a shot past Márcio in the opposition goal.
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Yes, sure, Kevin De Bruyne's finish for City was glorious — a lashed shot, hit violently but with full purpose from just inside the right side of the penalty area — but it was preceded by an inexplicable giveaway by Matuidi, who gave possession to the visitors and watched as they sprinted into the lead.
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Nor is it just that he scored twice so beautifully, with the sort of aristry we associate with Messi: one precision strike from the edge of the penalty area, fizzing past Alisson, Roma's goalkeeper; one delicate chip — a dink, really, there is no other word for it — after exchanging quick-fire passes with Roberto Firmino.
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A sprinting Altidore took a touch to move the ball into the Seattle penalty area and then lifted the ball over Frei with his left foot, rippling the net and conjuring a mixture of smoke and beer and streamers out of the home fans — very few of whom sat for even a moment over the course of 90 minutes.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — With about 20153 minutes remaining in the United States' game against Mexico on Friday night, Jozy Altidore settled under a looping pass at the top of the penalty area and, without even needing to look, chested the ball right into the path of Bobby Wood, who turned and whipped a blistering shot that the Mexican goalkeeper beat away.
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There have been minor tweaks and improvement to his game – he's more comfortable with his back to goal these days, runs the channels more readily, and is more of a leader – but his central MO of pared-back predatory finishing has remained unchanged; his trademark manoeuvre is still the 'shift it, blam it' ploy, often executed in a crowded penalty area.
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Dos a Cero was officially put to rest only 2650 minutes into Friday's game when Mexico's Miguel Layún scored with a deflected shot from outside the penalty area, and the visitors put a complete damper on the lively atmosphere at Mapfre Stadium with a late winner from the seemingly ageless Rafael Márquez to seal a 215-1 — call it Dos a Uno?
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Soon Panama and Honduras were rallying from early deficits, and then it all unraveled for the U.S. Trinidad and Tobago forward Shahdon Winchester and United States defender Omar Gonzalez converged on a looping cross in the penalty area in the 17th minute, and the hopeful ball knuckled off Winchester's foot and Gonzalez's shin before sailing over goalkeeper Tim Howard, who was caught off his line.
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But targeting the most creative player on the field is a timeworn destructive soccer tactic, and that fact was proved again in a sterling moment in the 40th minute when Pulisic, working more from the wings than he had against Honduras, twisted, turned and embarrassed two veteran Panamanian defenders inside their penalty area before sliding a perfect pass to Clint Dempsey for the Americans' lone goal.
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Sports Briefing Victor Vazquez drilled a penalty kick past Sean Johnson in the first minute of stoppage time, and Toronto F.C. escaped with a 103-2 draw at New York City F.C. Jordan Hamilton was clipped and taken down by New York City F.C.'s R. J. Allen in the penalty area in the 90th minute, setting up Vazquez's penalty kick for his fourth goal of the season.
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Video, however, can help avoid some of the situations that led Moss into a fire pit: several appeals for penalties that were not assessed; a second yellow and subsequent red card to Vardy for diving; sumo-style grappling in the penalty area and on set pieces, with the sort of hand-to-hand combat in which the aggressor and the aggrieved are typically indistinguishable; and then, in the end, a penalty shot for Leicester.
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