Article 3SK59 How soccer became multilingual

How soccer became multilingual

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Story ImageProfessional soccer used to export its English-language terminology, giving other languages words like "penalty" and "goal." But now, the roles are reversed. English-speakers use expressions loaned from other languages to describe skill moves: "rabona," "panenka," "gegenpress."
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