📚 Dame Bola (& Tears at La Bombonera)
@BomboneraTears
Translating South American fútbol. “Dame Bola: A Journey Through the Language of Argentinian Football” (2025) & “Tears at La Bombonera” (2021) 📚 by @hyllnd
🇦🇷 Estudiantes de La Plata beat Huracán 2-1 at home last night after going 1-0 down early on. Two substitutes made the difference: Colombian Edwin Cetre equaliser with a ‘chilena’ and then served up Alexis Castro for the Pincharrata’s winner 💥
Be great to get this at the Hawthorns. Haircut better than some of the rubbish served up in recent years.
🇦🇷 Killing to birds with one stone at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús ✂️ Lanús lost 1-0 at home to Rosario Central and an Ángel Di María penalty but this chap left happy after a trim.
As I find going to the hairdresser’s dreadfully boring, I’d be all for having my hair cut while watching a live match. This guy at Lanus might be on to something.
🇦🇷 Killing to birds with one stone at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús ✂️ Lanús lost 1-0 at home to Rosario Central and an Ángel Di María penalty but this chap left happy after a trim.
🇦🇷 Killing to birds with one stone at Estadio Ciudad de Lanús ✂️ Lanús lost 1-0 at home to Rosario Central and an Ángel Di María penalty but this chap left happy after a trim.
🇦🇷 Gianluca Prestianni asked his Benfica teammates and compatriots Nicolás Otamendi and Ángel Di María (now back at Central) to tattoo him. Prestianni now has a heart signed with ‘Fideo 11’ 🫶🏻 and a 😛-smiley signed with ‘Ota 19’. Who’s next?!
What are your favourite football-related words, sayings and metaphors?
We spoke about the interesting relationship between football and language and the concept of 'football dialogue' in our latest podcast with @BomboneraTears. You can listen to the episode here ⬇️ x.com/_footyheritage…
🎙️ New Podcast: Dame Bola We’re joined by @BomboneraTears to discuss the language of football through the lens of his latest book - Dame Bola. This was a great discussion and touched on a topic which doesn’t get covered much when it comes to football. Listen on your preferred…
🇵🇪 Perú and adidas have released remakes of their iconic kits in a collection called ‘Bring Back 1978’ starring legends of that generation Héctor Chumpitaz and Teófilo Cubillas as well as Paolo Guerrero, the star of modern Peruvian fútbol. Gorgeous!
Don’t miss this thread of Nacho Arce’s recent highlights!
🇦🇷🧤 Nacho Arce is at it again! The Deportivo Riestra ‘keeper-turned-No. 8 got bored and went for a risky dribble just about getting away with it again 😅 See below for Arce’s greatest hits ⬇️ 🧵
ICYMI ⬇️ 🎧
🎙️ New Podcast: Dame Bola We’re joined by @BomboneraTears to discuss the language of football through the lens of his latest book - Dame Bola. This was a great discussion and touched on a topic which doesn’t get covered much when it comes to football. Listen on your preferred…
More on away fans in Argieball: @OleDiario are reporting that AFA president Chiqui Tapia has met with the Secretary for Safety for Buenos Aires City and it has been decided that away fans will NOT RETURN to games in the City of Buenos Aires (‘CABA’)
🇦🇷 Lanús vs Rosario Central WITH AWAY FANS 😍 A ban on away fans was imposed on Argentinian football back in 2013. Now, as a trial, the visitante will be slowly fazed back in, hopefully 🤞🏻 Central won the match 1-0 in Greater Buenos Aires.