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The central area just outside the penalty box, roughly where the "D" sits. Called zone 14 because it's the 14th zone when you divide the pitch into an 18-zone grid (6 across, 3 deep in each half). Receiving the ball here is dangerous because you're facing goal with shooting and passing options. Classic number 10s live in this space. Getting the ball into zone 14 is a key attacking objective.

The tense period during VAR reviews when everyone waits to see if a goal stands or gets disallowed. Named after the literal thing fans do. Games now have these long pauses where nobody knows what's happening, the referee draws a rectangle in the air, and then you find out if you're celebrating or mourning. Changed the rhythm of how goals are experienced.

The central defender who stops attackers, wins headers, and organizes the back line. Now they also need to be comfortable with the ball, play out under pressure, and read the game to intercept. Great partnerships matter: Ferdinand-Vidić, Puyol-Piqué, Van Dijk-Matip. The job has changed because possession football needs centre-backs who can pass, not just defend.

Profit and Sustainability Rules. The Premier League's financial regulations that limit how much clubs can lose over a rolling three-year period - currently £105 million. Clubs that break the rules face points deductions, as Everton and Nottingham Forest found out in 2023-24. The rules are meant to stop clubs spending recklessly on transfers and wages, but critics point out they punish promoted clubs and favor established big six sides who generate more commercial revenue.

A penalty where you chip the ball softly down the middle, betting the keeper will dive to one side. Named after Antonín Panenka, who won the 1976 European Championship final with exactly this trick. You need serious nerve to try it - get it right and you look ice cold, get it wrong and you look like an idiot who cost your team the game.