Jul 31, 2016 20:17
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Argentina
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la pelota al pie
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idiomatic expression
An Argentine soccer player remembering the 86 World Cup:
Impresionante el Tata, te daba la sensación de un Mariscal. Y con la pelota al pie, que él en su puta vida hacía eso. Yo creo que fue el pico de su carrera, nunca jugó así: el mérito es hacerlo ahí.
Clearly a specific move, but I have no idea what!!
Thanks
Impresionante el Tata, te daba la sensación de un Mariscal. Y con la pelota al pie, que él en su puta vida hacía eso. Yo creo que fue el pico de su carrera, nunca jugó así: el mérito es hacerlo ahí.
Clearly a specific move, but I have no idea what!!
Thanks
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52 mins
Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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with the ball at his feet
"Tata (José Luis Brown) was impressive, he was like a marshall ( to the team); and with the ball at his feet, he always did this throughout his effing career!. I think it was his peak career moment, he never played like that; the trick is to do it up there "( i.e, on the biggest stage of all, a World Cup final)
José Luis Brown was a defender, who scored the first goal of the game in Argentina's 3-2 victory over Germany in the final:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=6/news=argentina-...
José Luis Brown was a defender, who scored the first goal of the game in Argentina's 3-2 victory over Germany in the final:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=6/news=argentina-...
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
49 mins
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
United States
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United States
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with the ball against his foot
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Andrew Bramhall
: you kick a ball AGAINST a player's foot, but he HAS the ball at his feet;// ' against his foot' is a way of locating the position of the ball at a given moment, but when as player makes a forward run with the ball, he is said to have the ball at his feet.
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I admit that soccer isn't too popular here in the USA, but whether the ball is hit with the tip of the toes, or against the side of the foot, the ball is always against some part of the foot.
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1 hr
Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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with the ball at his feet/carrying the ball
Tata (José Luis Brown) was a defender who usually booted the ball upfield but in this instance he uncharacteristically played the ball out of defence.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/who-worlds-faste...
"Who is the world's fastest footballer while dribbling with the ball at his feet"
http://soccerthought.com/dribbling-v-carrying-the-ball/
"Watching the Euros this summer, I couldn’t help but notice Pirlo’s role on the Italian team–he didn’t necessarily beat defenders with the dribble, but he dribbled a lot. The phrase for how he plays is called “carrying the ball.” In fact, the Italian team ran their offense through him. So, if you watched the Italians play, you would see an older, long haired Italian circling around the ball, receiving it, then “carrying” the ball around the field, drawing pressure to him, then distributing. In the picture to the left, you will notice he is scanning the field with the ball at his feet – a typical Pirlo siting."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/who-worlds-faste...
"Who is the world's fastest footballer while dribbling with the ball at his feet"
http://soccerthought.com/dribbling-v-carrying-the-ball/
"Watching the Euros this summer, I couldn’t help but notice Pirlo’s role on the Italian team–he didn’t necessarily beat defenders with the dribble, but he dribbled a lot. The phrase for how he plays is called “carrying the ball.” In fact, the Italian team ran their offense through him. So, if you watched the Italians play, you would see an older, long haired Italian circling around the ball, receiving it, then “carrying” the ball around the field, drawing pressure to him, then distributing. In the picture to the left, you will notice he is scanning the field with the ball at his feet – a typical Pirlo siting."
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
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Germany
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20
dribbling the ball
a dribble is one of the most difficult ball skills to master and one of the most useful attacking moves. In typical game play, players attempt to propel the ball toward their opponents' goal through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling (the usage of technical maneuvers). Dribbling can involve a wide variety of manipulative tricks and feints in order to go past an opponent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dribbling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dribbling
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