Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
tiempista
English translation:
reader of the game
Added to glossary by
David Ronder
Jul 14, 2016 22:17
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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The memoirs of an Argentine soccer player, in this case remembering a goal he scored at the World Cup in 1986:
Por eso, para mí la culpa en el gol que le hago a Italia es toda de XXXX porque él, con la calidad que tenía, era un líbero fuera de serie acostumbrado a salir jugando en la Juve y no necesitaba revolearla ni nada por el estilo. Era un gran tiempista. Pero lo que él no sabía era que yo lo tenía estudiado; que cuando amagaba para la izquierda, salía para
la derecha; y cuando parecía que la iba a reventar, la paraba con el pecho
Thanks
Por eso, para mí la culpa en el gol que le hago a Italia es toda de XXXX porque él, con la calidad que tenía, era un líbero fuera de serie acostumbrado a salir jugando en la Juve y no necesitaba revolearla ni nada por el estilo. Era un gran tiempista. Pero lo que él no sabía era que yo lo tenía estudiado; que cuando amagaba para la izquierda, salía para
la derecha; y cuando parecía que la iba a reventar, la paraba con el pecho
Thanks
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | reader of the game |
David Ronder
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| 4 +3 | (He had great) timing / anticipation |
Charles Davis
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Jul 28, 2016 06:10: David Ronder Created KOG entry
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reader of the game
I feel slightly parasitical on Charles' answer here, because he has explained it very well and as you can see I agree with him, but I think this is how it is best put in English football language.
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Here you'll see the Daily Mirror reckons Michael Carrick is a fine reader of the game, and if you Google the term you'll find a certain Arsenal player and manager near the top of the hits, but as a Tottenham man I couldn't possibly post those links (Carrick did at least once play for Spurs):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/michael-carrick-...
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Actually it's not the Mirror but Mou himself who pays Carrick that accolade
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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-07-15 00:18:06 GMT)
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Here you'll see the Daily Mirror reckons Michael Carrick is a fine reader of the game, and if you Google the term you'll find a certain Arsenal player and manager near the top of the hits, but as a Tottenham man I couldn't possibly post those links (Carrick did at least once play for Spurs):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/michael-carrick-...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-07-15 00:23:28 GMT)
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Actually it's not the Mirror but Mou himself who pays Carrick that accolade
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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27 mins
(He had great) timing / anticipation
It seems to me to be somewhere between these two ideas, or a combination of the two. To be a "tiempista" seems to mean a capacity to be in the right place at the right time. This could be called timing, but I think it necessarily involves anticipation and a capacity to read the play.
"Para mí es el jugador que tiene el mejor timing del mundo, es un tiempista, llega justo siempre. "
http://masdeporte.as.com/masdeporte/2004/05/30/polideportivo...
"timing----> tiempismo. Se dice que un jugador es tiempista cuando quita la pelota sin roces ni forcejeos, llegando siempre un instante antes que el rival, con cierta elegancia, sin cometer faltas."
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/172014/could-you-please-h...
"Y surge así, claro, sin fisuras, un defensor indiscutido, de los mejores, con "timing" para llegar siempre primero a la pelota; tiempista seguro"
http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2002/08/05/d-01203.htm
"·Caceres is, what we call here, a 'tiempista', because of his excellent timing for tackles and pressing opposition forwards."
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/08/07/142731...
"Para mí es el jugador que tiene el mejor timing del mundo, es un tiempista, llega justo siempre. "
http://masdeporte.as.com/masdeporte/2004/05/30/polideportivo...
"timing----> tiempismo. Se dice que un jugador es tiempista cuando quita la pelota sin roces ni forcejeos, llegando siempre un instante antes que el rival, con cierta elegancia, sin cometer faltas."
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/172014/could-you-please-h...
"Y surge así, claro, sin fisuras, un defensor indiscutido, de los mejores, con "timing" para llegar siempre primero a la pelota; tiempista seguro"
http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2002/08/05/d-01203.htm
"·Caceres is, what we call here, a 'tiempista', because of his excellent timing for tackles and pressing opposition forwards."
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/08/07/142731...
Peer comment(s):
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David Ronder
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Thanks, David.
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Adrian MM. (X)
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Thanks, Adrian.
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JohnMcDove
: It seems to me that this is more specific, than "reader of the game", but conceptually speaking it comes to be the same...
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Thanks, John. I think so too :-)
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