Saque lateral por el conquistador de Angola.
Rough translation: "throw-in for the conquerors of Angola." Somehow I doubt they'll use the same construction should Spain meet Mexico or Brazil meet Portugal later in the tournament.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Gold, God, & Glory--Now with Goals!
My current favorite "Univisionism" from their World Cup broadcasts is a play-by-play description from the match between Angola and Portugal:
Rough translation: "throw-in for the conquerors of Angola." Somehow I doubt they'll use the same construction should Spain meet Mexico or Brazil meet Portugal later in the tournament.
Rough translation: "throw-in for the conquerors of Angola." Somehow I doubt they'll use the same construction should Spain meet Mexico or Brazil meet Portugal later in the tournament.
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lol.
Always interesting to watch the colonizer and the colonized play
Yeah, I was wondering about that too. That's another intersting thing about the World Cup...every once in a while you get those match-ups. Angola was a colony of Portugal until 1975, so I suspect the emotions would be a little more acute than, say, France vs. Vietnam.
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