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What is a penalty?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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a disadvantage or handicap imposed on a player or team, typically for infringement of rules.

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A penalty kick (or penalty) is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.

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