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

A corner kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football (soccer). It was first devised in Sheffield under the Sheffield Rules in 1867. It was adopted by the Football Association in 1872.

Award

A corner kick is awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by crossing the goal line (either on the ground or in the air) without a goal having been scored, having been last touched by a defending player.

In most cases, the assistant referee will signal that a corner should be awarded by first raising their flag, then using it to point at the corner arc on their side of the pitch; however, this is not an indication of which side the kick should be taken from. The referee then awards the corner by pointing to the relevant arc (see "Procedure" below).

It is also allowed when the team with ball possession makes a throw in, and the ball crosses the goalposts without having been touched by any player. In this case, the referee must call a corner kick and not an "own goal", because a "throw-in goal" is assigned when any other player rather than the sender touches the ball. If the team with possession is attacking, plays with a throw-in, and the ball crosses the opposite team's goalposts, it is called a goal kick by the referee, favouring the defending team.

A mistake was committed by the referee of the English Premier League game between Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Aston Villa defender Mellberg launches a throw-in towards goalkeeper Enckelman, he misses and the ball goes into the net. The referee called it as "own goal", although Enckelman did not touch the ball. The ball simply passes down his foot. The play was too narrow for anyone to see it as the moment, but watching the replay is clearly seen that the goalkeeper never touches the ball. If the referee could have seen it, it would rather call for a corner kick to Birmingham, and the game would rather end in a 2-0 victory for Birmingham, instead of a 3-0 score. [1]

Procedure

The ball is initially placed wholly within the corner arc closest to where the ball went out of play. The corner arc is located at the intersection of the goal line and touch line, and has a radius of 1 yard. All defending players must be at least 10 yards (9.15m) from the ball until the ball is in play.

The ball becomes in play as soon as it is kicked and moves.

A goal may be scored directly from a corner kick, but only against the opposing side (i.e. an own goal may not be scored). A player may not be penalised for being in an offside position direct from a corner kick, since they are all behind the ball anyway.

Infringements

Opposing players must retire the required distance as stated above. Failure to do so may constitute misconduct and be punished by a caution (yellow card).

It is an offence for the kicker to touch the ball a second time until it has been touched by another player; this is punishable by an indirect free kick to the defending team from where the offence occurred, unless the second touch was also a more serious handling offence, in which case it is punishable by a direct free kick or penalty kick, as appropriate.

Strategy

A corner kick may result in a good scoring opportunity, either directly (rarely), or through getting the ball to teammates in front of the net, known as a cross, where the ball is often played by a "header". An alternative strategy is to play a short corner, in which the ball is kicked to a player located closer to the kicker, between the corner and the goal area. This is usually used to move to ball away from the goal-line in order to create a better angle on the goal.

The defenders may elect to form a "wall" to attempt to force the ball to be kicked to an area they deem to be readily defencible, however must remain at least 10 yards from the ball until it is in play.

Alternative as a tie-breaker

The number of corner kicks awarded to each team has been suggested as an alternative method of tie-breaking to the current penalty shootout method. The theory behind this suggestion is that the team which during the course of play has been awarded the most corner kicks is likely to have dominated play, forcing their opponents to make more high-risk tackles and their goalkeeper to make more saves in which he was not able to gain possession of the ball but rather merely deflect it across the line outside of the goal or over the crossbar. The use of corner-kick counts as a tie-breaker has not been approved by the International Football Association Board, and as such is not used in any high-level competition. Despite this, this method should never be used at any level of eleven-a-side football as due to Law 10 (The Method of Scoring), only the methods stated there are allowed to determine the result of a game.

Some scoreboards for high school and college venues in the United States have statistics for fouls, shots on goal, and corner kicks earned. On American television such statistics are shown periodically during play for international, MLS, and other major televised matches.

Direct Goals

Amazingly, a few players have managed to score directly off a corner. some examples are, Marco Bresciano vs Reggina, Artim Šakiri vs England, Álvaro Recoba and Juan Sebastián Verón. Many Other Players have done this before. (check external links). It is also often called an "olympic goal". The reason for this is because it was first done in the 1928 summer olympics.

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