penalty areas
Eighteen-yard rectangles marked
Penalty areas are the large rectangular zones at each end of a soccer pitch, extending 18 yards from the goal line.
Within this area, the goalkeeper may handle the ball, and fouls by the defending team result in penalty kicks.
Also called the penalty box or simply the box: The striker went down in the penalty area.
- goalkeeperNet-defending player
- diving saveHorizontal leap to block
- spot kickSet piece from mark
- strikerOne who hits targets
- six-yard boxSmallest pitch rectangle
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Pitch's central region
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