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Football World Cup Terms Not a classy World Cup Football maneuver -- 'Offside Trap' (Ofsayt Tuzağı) An ugly World Cup Football maneuver? Click for image enlargement. Thanks to Futbol Oyun Kuralları Akşam Gazetesi-- 2005 Related Pages: The World's Worst Sport It happened at the 'World Cup'! The Rise and Fall of the 'Gümüldür Rugrats' Softball Team It's not a very classy World Cup Football maneuver, but... the "offside trap" is a Defensive Football Team's most effective move against a strong Offensive Team. In the illustration above, you see the Offensive Football Team on the attack. An Offensive Player (Number 9) has just kicked the soccer ball to his team mate, who (at this moment) is in a classic offside position running toward the goal. But, what you don't see is that the Defensive Player (now in front of number 9) forced the offside position by running away from the goal mouth (performing an 'offside trap') where he stood just moments before, next to the Goal Keeper. We hope we don't see too many such cowardly (though effective) defensive moves in the upcoming World Cup Football matches... Related Pages: The World's Worst Sport It happened at the 'World Cup'! The Rise and Fall of the 'Gümüldür Rugrats' Softball Team Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Turkish Circumcision Ceremonies Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Also: Turkish National Election, 2007 Newsreaders Encyclopedic Dictionary, Index Mature Dutch Bride in Turkey Mature British Bride in Turkey Mature Swedish Bride in Turkey TIME laid low by True Believers Freedom of Speech gets a fiendish French Twist The God-Awful State of Turkish-American Relations Language-Learning Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish Other Turkish Difficulties Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language llustrated Nargile Users Guide -- and Encyclopedia Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family Profiles of the Turkish People Sneeeezing in Turkish Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Gossipy Turkish Who's Who Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index The 'cold and delicious' ice cream of Kahramanmaraş

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