Kick (a ball) with the inside of the foot, especially in soccer.
he was on hand to side-foot it past the goalkeeper
Example sentencesExamples
- When the ball was swept out of defence, the ubiquitous Kabba was on hand to hare away from Jaime Peters and Naylor, side-footing the ball past the advancing Price.
- Fellow Frenchman Patrick Vieira made 2-1 in the 66th, running from midfield to side-foot the ball into the net.
- This time Hamilton ran through a statuesque Town defence to side-foot the ball past a helpless O'Hare.
- Cooper then side-footed the ball past Thornley from the penalty spot to give Prescot the lead.
- Mark Dobie latched onto a long ball from midfield and easily side-footed it past Martin Pirie from close range.