What is the area of the restricted area on the football field?

Even if you don't usually play football or watch football, I believe you will know that in football matches, every team has a restricted area. When a defender fouls in the restricted area, he will usually be awarded a penalty, and in some cases there will be an indirect free kick. The restricted area of modern football actually has the concepts of big restricted area and small restricted area, and the difference between big and small restricted areas is not clear to everyone.

Let's talk about the restricted area first. As the name implies, the big forbidden zone is a wider area with forbidden zone arc. Its main function is to define whether a foul is inside or outside the penalty area. Under normal circumstances, serious fouls in the restricted area will be punished with a penalty, and serious ones may be punished with a red card and capital punishment; A foul outside the penalty area will result in a free kick, which may even lead to a red card. Of course, in some cases, a foul in the restricted area may also be punished with a free kick, which is roughly due to the following acts:

(1) The goalkeeper fouled when he touched the ball with his hand for the second time.

(2) The goalkeeper touches the ball that the player intentionally kicks him.

(3) The goalkeeper touches the foul ball directly thrown by the players.

(4) dangerous action. Refers to a foul in which the referee thinks the player's behavior is dangerous. The purpose of his action is to get the ball or handle it, but the way he moves may hurt the opposing team or himself.

(5) stop the other team members. This refers to the foul that the player's purpose is not to kick the ball, and the ball is out of his control.

If the penalty spot of the free kick is in the restricted area, the defender can queue up against the wall, but he should be 9. 15 meters away from the penalty spot. If the foul point is less than 9. 15 meters from the goal line, they should form a human wall on the goal line. If the penalty player makes a direct free throw, it will be invalid, and the defender will kick the goal free kick; If the penalty taker touches the ball twice or more and scores, the middle circle kicks off; If the penalty player makes a free throw without any cooperation, but the ball touches the defender's body (including the goalkeeper and the attacker) before crossing the goal line as a whole, the score is also valid.

However, if the foul occurs in the small restricted area, because the small restricted area is the goalkeeper's "territory", in order to protect the goalkeeper, the indirect free kick should not be placed in the restricted area where the foul occurs, but should be placed in the position closest to the foul area.

The arc outside the forbidden zone is called the forbidden zone arc. This arc is usually "inconspicuous" and looks a bit puzzling. Its "presence" will only be reflected when taking a penalty: when a player takes a penalty, any player on both sides must be "away from the ball 10 yards" except putting the ball at the penalty spot. So draw a line with a radius of 10 yards with the penalty spot as the center, and the arc formed is the restricted area arc. Any point on the arc surface of the restricted area is 10 yards away from the penalty spot (that is, 9. 15 meters). As long as a player stands outside the arc of the penalty area, he must conform to the principle of "off the ball 10 yards".

Let's talk about the small restricted area. The small restricted area is also called the goal area. The goal area is at both ends of the field. It is stipulated to draw two lines perpendicular to the goal line from 5.5 meters inside each goal post. These lines extend 5.5 meters into the football field and are connected with a line parallel to the goal line. The area formed by these lines and the goal line is the goal area.

In the small restricted area, the goalkeeper's position is "sacred"! As long as the ball is controlled by the defending goalkeeper, no attacking player may collide or physically contact the defending goalkeeper for the purpose of controlling the ball, and offenders will be fined for foul. When the goalkeeper serves the gateball, he should send the football to the small restricted area.

On the line parallel to the goal line, that is, from both ends of the playing field to the inside of the goal post 16.5 meters, a line perpendicular to the goal line is introduced into the field. One end of the two lines is connected with the goal line, and the other end is connected with each other. The area surrounded by these three lines is the forbidden area. The penalty spot is located in the penalty area, about 1 1 meter from the center of the goal line, which is what we usually call 12 yards.