Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Using the right foot as the guide and base of action, as in beginning to march, in spading, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of one who plays sports with their
right foot inpreference to, or moreskillfully than theirleft . - adjective Played using the right foot
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Examples
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Messi, the Argentina captain, provided a perfect one-touch pass in the 24th minute for Higuaín to control the ball and shoot right-footed into the corner past the Nigeria goalkeeper, Dele Aiyenugba.
Lionel Messi inspires Argentina to victory over Nigeria in Dhaka 2011
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However, it did mean that Liverpool were playing two right-footed players on that side with Joe Cole playing on the left of midfield.
Premier League chalkboard analysis Michael Cox 2010
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Barely 20 seconds after the resumption, Nicolas Anelka – who had just replaced Frank Lampard – prodded a glorious ball into the inside-left channel for Torres, whose deft right-footed finish did full justice to the pass.
Fernando Torres revived before demons return in Theatre of the Absurd | Richard Williams 2011
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Tame shots and easy saves were the routine for most of the remainder of the first period – Friedel from Young, De Gea first from a rare right-footed effort from Gareth Bale and then from Van der Vaart's half-hit drive from distance.
Tottenham's Brad Friedel is left naked but outshines David de Gea | Richard Williams 2011
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Beausejour atoned for his earlier error when he swept a right-footed shot home and, given the fragile confidence within the Brugge side‚ they had lost their previous four matches despite being ahead in all of them‚ there was a sense of inevitability that an equaliser would follow.
Birmingham City 2-2 Brugge | Europa League Group H match report 2011
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Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace Ambrose 65 That is an astonishing strike from Darren Ambrose, who picks up the ball about 45 yards from goal, wafts a smidge to his right and dispatches an unstoppable right-footed surface-to-air screamer into the top left-hand corner.
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The home side continued to press for an equaliser after the break, Reinmann hitting a right-footed shot over the bar before Shawcross got in the way of an effort by Roland Bättig.
FC Thun 0-1 Stoke City | Europa League play-off first leg match report 2011
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Benjamin Lüthi drilled a right-footed free-kick into the Stoke wall in the 84th minute before Stipe Matic fired wide from 12 yards from a Reinmann cross as the final few minutes of the match proved to be the most eventful.
FC Thun 0-1 Stoke City | Europa League play-off first leg match report 2011
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Wayne Rooney turns his back toward the goal, launches his body into mid-air, twists it so that it's parallel to the ground and unleashes a fierce right-footed overhead kick, which rockets into the back of the net.
Rooney Bicycles His Way Into History Gabriele Marcotti 2011
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Derdiyok then elevated for a picturesque right-footed bicycle kick that arced over the frozen goalkeeper and into the far corner of the net.
Eren Derdiyok Goal: Bicycle Kick Score For Bayer Leverkusen Striker Against VfL Wolfsburg (VIDEO) 2011
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