Brilliant minds may not survive behind the scenes in the football pitches around Brazil, while in Europe players keep looking at the bright side of life during the matches through these turnovers, failure in a thigh trap, referee´s interferance, push passes to nobody, and so on, and on, and on, and on. . .
- Turnover:
- the loss of possession of the ball.
- Thigh trap:
- when a player uses his thigh to slow down and control a ball in the air.
- Referee:
- the chief official; he makes all final decisions, acts as timekeeper, calls all fouls and starts and stops play.
- Push pass:
- when a player pushes the ball with the inside of his foot to a teammate.
See more at:http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html
4 responses so far ↓
Teacher Alexandre // May 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM |
C’mon, if the pro players do these things, so our “pelada” will be spectacular.
Jack Teacher // May 5, 2008 at 4:07 PM |
A primary teacher starts a new job at a school in Fulham and to make a good impression on her first day, tells her class that she’s a Chelsea fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Chelsea fans. Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little boy. The teacher looks at the boy with surprise and says: “Why didn’t you raise your hand?”
“Because I’m not a Chelsea fan,” he replied.
Whilst on the subject of football, i thought I’d share this joke with you. But first I would like to mention that “turnover” is a word more regularly used by americans when talking about football. The difference between the football lexicon’s of the USA and England are extremely different, and an Englishman generally wouldn’t use many of the terms an American would use.. nor would they expect the American to be very knowledgable on the subject of football (or soccer as they may call it).
JOKE:
The teacher, still shocked, asks: “Well, if you’re not a Chelsea fan, then who are you a fan of?”
“I’m a QPR fan, and proud of it,” he replied.
The teacher could not believe her ears. “why are you a QPR fan?”
The boy replies “Because my mum and dad are from West London, and my mum is a QPR fan and my dad is a QPR fan, I’m a QPR fan too’
“Well,” said the teacher, in an annoyed tone, “that’s no reason for you to be a QPR fan. You don’t have to be just like your parents all of the time. What if your mum was a prostitute and your dad was a drug addict and car thief, what would you be then?”
The boy smiled and said , “I’d be a CHELSEA fan.”
maggieflex // May 5, 2008 at 10:10 PM |
Oh, yes, Alê, anything can happen in a football pitch, I am afraid, since running after a ball seems rather akward to accomplish in the perfection.
maggieflex // May 5, 2008 at 10:11 PM |
I understand a Chelsea fan now, Jack… a thug, maybe?