This expression has two different definitions. It usually refers to fans who are presented at a football match, especially when they make such noise as providing increased motivation for the team. The metaphor is based on the fact that a team numbers 11 active players at the start of a game. The term can also be used where a referee is perceived to be biased in favour of one team. "They had a 12th man on the pitch", is a complaint made by fans. It also may refer to a player that's not usually part of the starting eleven, but comes off the bench most of the matches
Example: The referee was their 12th man.
Fans were amazing, they were like 12th man.
en: dvanásty hráč
Advantage
noun
Decision made by the referee during a game, where a player is fouled, but play is allowed to continue because the team that suffered the foul is in a better position than they would have been had the referee stopped the game.
Example: The referee gives advantage to attacking team.
en: výhoda
aggregate score
noun
Combined score of matches between two teams in a two-legged match.
Example: Aggregate score was 4-1 for Real Madrid.
en: súhrnné skóre
Armband
noun
Worn by a team's captain, to signify that role. Black armbands are occasionally worn by an entire team in commemoration of a death or tragic event.
Example: A captain has an armband on his left hand.
en: páska na ruke
assist
noun
Pass that leads to a goal being scored.
Example: A midfielder assisted to a striker.
en: asistencia, gólová prihrávka
Backheel
noun
Type of pass or shot in which a player uses their heel to propel the ball backwards to another player or to the goal. Sometimes spell back heel.
Example: The player showed a great pass with his backheel.
en: pätička
Boxing Day
noun
Day after Christmas. Usually a day when many matches are played in England as part of a festive period schedule.
Example: Many matches will be playing on a boxing day.
en: deň po Vianociach
Extra time
noun
Additional period, normally two halves of 15 minutes, used to determine the winner in some tied cup matches.
Example: The team won a match after extra time.
en: predíženie
Fans' favourite
noun
Player that is extremely popular with fans of a club or nation.
Example: Karim Benzema is a real fan´s favourite player. Fans love him.
en: obľúbený hráč u fanúšikov
First touch
noun
Skill attributes for a player which signifies their ability to bring the ball completely under control immediately upon receiving it.
Example: The midfielder showed a great first touch and control of the ball.
en: prvý dotyk
Formation
noun
How the players in a team are positioned on the pitch. The formation is often denoted numerically, with the numbers referring to the corresponding number of players in defensive, midfield and attacking positions.
Example: A team has changed their formation from 4-3-3 to 5-3-2.
en: formácia
Group of death
noun
Group in a cup competition which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong teams in the group are greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.
Example: The competition rookie was drawn to the group of death with Bayern, Chelsea, and Ajax.
en: skupina smrti
hand of God
noun
Former legendary footballer Diego Maradona scored goal with his hand. That´s why it is called hand of God.
Example: Maradona had used his hand to flick the ball passed the onrushing Peter Shilton and into the net.
en: Božia ruka
Hat-trick
noun
It is when a player scores three goals in a single match.
Example: Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in another match.
en: tri góly
International break
noun
A period set aside by FIFA for scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar.
Example: Now we know that after round 20 will follow international break.
en: medzinárodná prestávka
Last-minute goal
noun
A goal scored either in the final or penultimate minute of regulation time or extra time, or during stoppage time or injury time.
Example: Robben scored a last-minute goal in the final of cup.
en: gól v poslednej minúte
Mexican wave
noun
Self-organised crowd activity in which spectators stand up, raise their hands in the air, and sit down in sequence, creating a ripple effect that moves around the stadium's stands.
Example: Fans really enjoyed a game, they created Mexican wave.
en: mexická vlna
Nutmeg
noun
When a player intentionally plays the ball between an opponent's legs, runs past the opponent, and collects their own pass.
Example: He gives nutmeg to the opponents´player.
en: jasle
offside
noun
A player is in an offside position if: any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents' half (excluding the halfway line) and. any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent.
Example: Player was in offside.
en: ofsajd
Panenka
noun
The skill moves used when taking a penalty kick wherein the player taking the penalty delicately chips the ball over a diving goalkeeper, rather than striking the ball firmly, as is the norm.
Example: The player scored a goal from a penalty by using a Panenka skill move.