near post

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

near post (plural near posts)

1. (soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made.
   • 2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     This was a small element of a remarkably assured performance that started with a crucial early save from Christian Pulisic and also saw him deny Chelsea a last-gasp win with a near-post block from Romelu Lukaku in the closing seconds of extra time.

Antonyms

• far post

Translations

goalpost

• Finnish: etutolppa
• French: premier poteau (fr) m
• Polish: słupek bliski m
• Portuguese: primeira trave f

Anagrams

• Paternos, Paterson, operants, pronates, prostane, tropanes