Meanings of diagonal ball in English

From the set piece, Veron smacks a low diagonal ball, right to left, through the Greek area.

From the left-hand corner of the box, Veloso dinks a clever diagonal ball towards Postiga at the far post.

Then, Nemanja Matic's diagonal ball was allowed to run past by Mata and suddenly Martial had the goal before him.

When Kristine Minde eluded Claire Rafferty at the far post she was well placed to meet Solveig Gulbrandsen's long diagonal ball.

He once caught the eye by beating two men in close proximity before knocking a lovely diagonal ball to his winger.

The goal came when Daley Blind fired a diagonal ball from the halfway line, and from out wide on the left wing.

Angel Di María received a diagonal ball floated towards the right side of the area and he took it on the volley, first time.

Substitute Jason Byrne's clever back heel from Garth McGlynn's diagonal ball set up Cretaro whose shot deflected off a defender to loop over Matt Gregg.

Then there are his judged, lofted diagonal balls into wider areas.

The right-back needed no invitation to scamper down the touchline to receive diagonal balls from Italy's creative, inventive midfielders.

Their tactics appeared a carbon copy of Iraq's a week earlier, as diagonal balls repeatedly tested Australia's high back three.

Augusto Fernández had already sent Nolito running at them twice with two superb diagonal balls to the left, each struck on the bounce.

The pace of Suso and Raheem Sterling also caused problems, while Steven Gerrard played a couple of excellent long diagonal balls in behind the defence.