near post

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Noun

near post (plural near posts)

(soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made.
- 2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:
  This was a small element of a remarkably assured performance that started with a crucial early save from Christian Pulisic and also saw him deny Chelsea a last-gasp win with a near-post block from Romelu Lukaku in the closing seconds of extra time.

Antonyms

far post

Translations

goalpost

Finnish: etutolppa
French: premier poteau (fr) m
Polish: słupek bliski m
Portuguese: primeira trave f

Anagrams

Paternos, Paterson, operants, pronates, prostane, tropanes

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