(especially in soccer) a deliberate foul to deny an opponent an advantageous position.
（尤指足球）故意犯规，技术犯规
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There was only one possible outcome for the clearest professional foul we have seen so far this season.
All they got from this was a penalty, when a penalty try would have been more appropriate for such a deliberate professional foul.
Wiley deliberated long and hard, consulting his assistant to heighten the drama, but as professional fouls go it was as clear-cut as they come.
Rosen Kirilov gets booked for a professional foul on Freddie Ljungberg.
Whyte, indeed, was red-carded for a professional foul on Shearer at Ewood Park in this campaign.
Commentators excuse the action by calling it a professional foul, but the reality is that if the rules of the game are broken it is a foul and should be suitably punished.