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What is a penalty award in soccer?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It isn't a penalty award. It's being awarded a penalty and it's when a player is fouled (brought to the ground by the opposing team without clearing the ball) in the penalty box (the box around the goal) and the fouled team get a penalty kick, which is when the chosen taker gets a kick directly at goal with only the goal keeper in the way from the penalty spot , which is the white circle in the middle of the penalty box. Though players can miss the shot and keepers do often save the shots it is very most likely that the player will score from the penalty so nobody ever likes to be the team who gave the penalty away

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12y ago

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