Conti era un mangia palluni

English translation: used to hog the ball

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Italian term or phrase:Conti era un mangia palluni
English translation:used to hog the ball
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

19:47 Aug 11, 2018
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Soccer
Italian term or phrase: Conti era un mangia palluni
Hi! I need help understanding this phrase... Conti refers to the soccer player, Bruno Conti, and it is supposed to be some sort of criticism. It has already been translated to English as: Conti was a „ball-eater”, but I am not finding much about that term, except in slang dictionaries.

Thanks!
Andra Foca
Austria
Local time: 12:32
hogged the ball
Explanation:
Certainly sounds pejorative, anyway.

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Note added at 25 mins (2018-08-11 20:13:47 GMT)
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"was a ball-hogger"

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Note added at 39 mins (2018-08-11 20:27:41 GMT)
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As in the ball was mostly controlled by him.
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 07:32
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1 +1hogged the ball
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hogged the ball


Explanation:
Certainly sounds pejorative, anyway.

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Note added at 25 mins (2018-08-11 20:13:47 GMT)
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"was a ball-hogger"

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Note added at 39 mins (2018-08-11 20:27:41 GMT)
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As in the ball was mostly controlled by him.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 07:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dandamesh: È un’espressione molto usata, derivata dal basket, ma ho dovuto cercare perché non sono un’esperta di calcio. Bruno Conti però me lo ricordavo bene, è stato un grande campione, anzi mi sembra strano che se ne parli così ora che non c’è più
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  -> Grazie, dandamesh.
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