BRASIL/PORTUGAL: Speaking Soccer In Portugese.

WSJ/           An interesting piece on the idiomatic differences of speaking about soccer in Brasil and the motherland, Portugal.
      "Officially, Brazil and Portugal speak the same language. But in nearly all things related to soccer, Brazil has struck out on its own, developing a new vocabulary for words like "field" and "season" and "goal."
       As for today's much anticipated World Cup match-up, it ended 0-0 with a 5-minute extension and many near misses.
AP called it "a huge letdown... light on quality football and full of yellow cards. Tempers cooled with the night air in the second half, but so did the match's intensity as the most keenly anticipated first-round fixture fizzled out and the players were jeered at the final whistle."