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Linear isometrie/Space/Fixed point on football/Fact

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At the beginning of a football game, the football lies on the center spot. After a goal is scored, the ball is again put on the center spot. In this situation, the following holds:

There exists at least two

(antipodal) points on the ball (its surface)

that are at the new kick-off exactly at the position where they were at the first kick-off. The total movement of the ball is a rotation around an axis.