through ball

See also: through-ball

English

through ball (plural through balls)

(soccer) A forward pass played between opposition defenders.
- 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC‎:
  It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.
- 2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport‎:
  And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit.

a kind of a pass in soccer

Arabic: تَمْرِيرَةٌ كَاسِرَة f (tamrīratun kāsira), تَمْرِيرَةٌ أَمَامِيَّةٌ f (tamrīratun ʔamāmiyyatun)
Finnish: läpisyöttö
French: passe en profondeur f
German: Steilvorlage (de) f, Steilpass (de) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjennombruddspasning m or f
Swedish: genomskärare (sv) c

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