Basic football vocabulary
How do you say "center forward" in Spanish?
Delantero
You can also say Forward
Striker
Second striker
How do you say "he scored an amazing goal"?
Marcó un gol espectacular
How do you say "Messi nutmegged Eulalio"?
Messi le hizo un caño/túnel a Eulalio
How do you say "he was shown a yellow card"?
Le mostraron tarjeta amarilla
How do you say "Borre missed a sitter"?
Borré se comió el gol
Borré missed a goal
How do you say "goalkeeper"?
Arquero
You can also say Keeper
Goalie
How do you say "the striker headed the ball into the back of the net"
El delantero cabeceó la pelota al fondo de la red.
How do you say "Totti chipped the goalkeeper/ Totti lobbed the goalkeeper"?
Totti le hizo un globito/ un sombrero al arquero/ Totti colgó al arquero
In Spain people say le hizo una vaselina al arquero
How do you say "he was sent off"?
Lo expulsaron
How do you say "Baggio buried it in the top corner"?
Baggio la clavó en el ángulo
How do you say "free kick"?
Tiro libre
P.S. pelota quieta is called set piece
How do you say "the goalkeeper came off his line and caught the ball"?
El portero salió y agarró la pelota
How do you say "he sent the defender the wrong way"?
Dejó acostado al defensor/ le hizo un tremendo amague
How do you say "he committed a foul"?
Hizo una falta/cometió una falta
How do you say "Roberto Carlos unleashed a thunderbolt from a free kick"?
Roberto Carlos sacó un riflazo de tiro libre
How do you say "corner kick"?
Tiro de esquina
You can also say corner
How do you say "the midfielder chipped his penalty and scored with a Panenka"?
El mediocampista picó/pinchó el penalti y marcó a lo Panenka
How do you say "Ronaldo (R9) did three stepovers and burst down the left wing"?
Ronaldo hizo 3 bicicletas y se lanzó/escapó por el lado izquierdo
How do you say "the referee awarded a penalty"?
El árbitro dio/ pitó penalti
How do you say "the ball swerved beautifully?
El balón hizo un efecto increíble
How do you say "group stage"?
Fase de grupos
How do you say "Cristiano scored with an incredible bicycle kick"?
Cristiano anotó con una chilena magnífica.
How do you say "he dribbled past 3 defenders"?
Se sacó 3 defensores
How do you say "VAR disallowed the goal for offside"?
El VAR anuló el gol por fuera de juego
You can also say the goal was disallowed for offside
How do you say "Bellingham latched onto the ball and scored a great goal"?
Bellingham cazó el balón de volea y marcó un golazo