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Corner kick facts for kids

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Ronaldinho corner brazil
A corner kick executed by Ronaldinho.

A corner kick is a kick awarded to the team for their opportunity to shoot at goal in soccer. It happens when the ball has come off a footballer at his or her own goal. There are two corner posts at each end of the ground, so two for each team depending where the ball is kicked out.

Images for kids

  • Cornerkick

    A picture of the exact moment the blue-white team's corner kick is taken.

  • Alex Del Piero Sydney FC (cropped)

    Alessandro Del Piero taking a corner kick for Sydney FC.

  • Corner area of a football field

    Corner area of the football field.

  • BarwellFC

    Player takes a corner kick

  • Chelsea 1 lLiverpool 0 (2-1 agg) Capital One Cup semi final 2nd leg On our way to Wembley! (15768333164)

    Liverpool (red) players prepare to defend a Chelsea (blue) corner.

  • На матче Бельгия - Англия 14 июля 2018 года

    Eden Hazard of Belgium (left, yellow) has the option to play a short corner against England (red) at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

  • Gololimpicodeonzari

    Cesáreo Onzari scores a goal for Argentina against Uruguay at Estadio Sportivo Barracas. This was the first goal scored direct from a corner kick, in 1924.

  • Oxford Takes a Corner (1905)

    A corner-kick in the annual Oxford v Cambridge match (photograph published 1905)

See also

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