Football

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Across
  1. 4. A player scores 25% of her team’s 12 goals. How many goals did she score?
  2. 5. The grammar word for action words like 'kick' or 'run'
  3. 7. A short kick to a teammate
  4. 9. The force that brings the ball back to the ground
  5. 10. A science word describing the push when kicking a ball
  6. 13. The maths word for the corner a player shoots from
  7. 15. The official who makes sure the rules are followed
  8. 17. A maths word meaning repeated addition, like 3 goals in each of 4 matches
  9. 20. The grammar word for changing 'goal' to 'goals'
  10. 21. The force that slows the ball on grass
  11. 23. The number of players on a team
  12. 24. A team concedes 27 goals equally across 3 tournaments. How many goals per tournament?
Down
  1. 1. The player whose main job is to score goals
  2. 2. Moving the ball while running with it
  3. 3. A prize given to the winning team
  4. 6. A large place where football matches are played
  5. 8. England’s all-time leading men’s goalscorer (5,4)
  6. 9. What players try to score by kicking the ball into the net
  7. 10. A defender plays one sixth of a 90-minute match. How many minutes did he play?
  8. 11. The country that won the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022
  9. 12. The number of goals a team gets (and also a word meaning 20!)
  10. 14. Nickname of the England women’s football team
  11. 16. The continent where the Champions League is played
  12. 18. The grassy area where football is played
  13. 19. What players use to keep running
  14. 22. The punctuation mark used in this list: boots, socks and shin pads