off-the-ball

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off-the-ball

adjective

not comparable, of an incident or foul Occurring away from active play. An off the ball incident led to N'Zogbia confronting Wilshere before leaning his head into the Englishman and giving referee Lee Probert no choice but to show the red card.

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@misc{off_the_ball_2026,
  title = {off-the-ball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off-the-ball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}