Football today is one of the most popular and talked about games in the world, with a huge following on different continents. Football has its own symbols, rules and even slang.
The basic principle of playing football is to score more goals into the opponent's goal, of which there are two on the field. They are of equal size, wide and high enough. When practicing the accuracy of strikes in training, many team coaches assign their wards a certain target where they should aim. The football goal is conventionally divided into several squares. Their number is usually nine. The counting of squares starts at the bottom and ends at the top, in the corners. Each row has three squares.
Strike the nine
Football fans and even those who are far from this sport, at least once in their lives, have heard the expression that is present at most matches: “hitting the nine”. This means that someone from the team on the football field tried to hit the corner of the goal. The nine is called the right or left corner. It depends on which side the conditional division of the gate into squares begins.
In some cases, the football goal is conventionally divided into only 5 equal squares, but the division into 9 parts is still customary. It is much more convenient.
On the pitch, this separation is not so important. It plays the main role in training. Not all players can shoot exactly on goal when the goalkeeper is in them, which is why you need to try to shoot into the corner. Dividing the goal into 9 squares is the most optimal for practicing accurate winning strikes.
The goal, which was scored in the top nine, is considered spectacular and technically difficult even for experienced athletes.
English football
The history of the name of the corners "nine" is rooted in English football - after all, it is foggy Albion that is considered the birthplace of modern football. In this country, the angles that are located between the crossbar and the barbell are called upper 90 degrees. Over time, the number 90 began to be replaced by the usual "nine". Thus, it turned out that if you hit a right angle, then you hit the top nine. Over time, a similar name has spread in many countries around the world.
According to one of the other versions, it is believed that the upper corners were called nines due to the fact that earlier the football goal looked like a wall with circles attached to it. They had serial numbers that indicated the number of points. They were arranged in a rectangular shape. The upper extreme corners could be worth 9 points. Therefore, in consequence, it was these angles that were called nines.
