Association Football Terminology - N

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• Near post/Far post: notional concept, referring to the position of a goalkeeper in relation to the posts. When an attacker scores a goal by placing the ball between the goalkeeper and the post to which they are closest, the goalkeeper is said to have been beaten at the near post.
• Neutral ground: venue for a match that belongs to neither team.
• Nutmeg: when a player intentionally plays the ball between an opponent's legs, runs past the opponent, and collects their own pass.