{"id":1008,"date":"2015-05-26T14:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2020-02-18T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T12:03:11","slug":"ronaldinho-rides-bench-as-white-cocks-pass-to-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/ronaldinho-rides-bench-as-white-cocks-pass-to-final\/","title":{"rendered":"ronaldinho rides bench as white cocks pass to final"},"content":{"rendered":"

after defeating the pachuca gophers <\/strong><\/span>2-0 in the second leg of their semi-final on sunday, the queretaro white cocks<\/strong> have qualified for a\u00a0mexican football final for the first time in their history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

queretaro bounced back <\/em>from a listless<\/em> 2-0 first-leg defeat to pachuca\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

listless<\/strong> <\/em>means without energy or motivation<\/em> and bounce back<\/strong> <\/em>indicates\u00a0a return to high quality\u00a0after a poor performance.<\/em><\/p>\n

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mexico’s most beloved white cock, gallardo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

while this is an incredible football moment for queretaro and their fans, for non-queretaro fans, the most fascinating part of the story is the white cocks’ most famous player, two-time fifa world player of the year, ronaldinho<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"ronaldinho<\/a><\/h6>\n
ronaldinho watched sunday’s game from the bench\u00a0(imago7)<\/em><\/h6>\n

goal.com only needed one sentence to summarize his activity in the semi-final<\/p>\n

after going straight<\/em> to<\/em> the locker room when taken out <\/em>of the first leg, ronaldinho was an unused substitute [in the second match].<\/strong><\/h4>\n

take out<\/strong><\/em> is the action a coach makes when he substitutes. the player leaving the game is taken out<\/em>. normally, the player who is taken out joins the rest of the team on the bench.<\/p>\n

\"queretaro<\/h6>\n
coach victor vucetich took ronaldinho out during the first half of the first match of the semi-final & didn’t play him at all in the second match (mexsport)<\/em><\/h6>\n

ronaldinho, however, \u00a0was upset with white cock coach victor vucetich<\/strong>‘s decision to remove him from thursday’s first leg and went<\/em> directly<\/em> (straight<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to<\/strong><\/em>) the locker room<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (where the players change their clothes). \u00a0check it out in this video….<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zeGofNdC_GQ<\/p>\n

espn.com\u00a0<\/strong>described<\/a>\u00a0that in the first match<\/p>\n

ronaldinho was visibly angry when he was hauled off<\/strong><\/em> one minute before half-time<\/h4>\n

haul off<\/strong> <\/em>is another way to refer to the substitution.<\/p>\n

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keep walking: after he was hauled out<\/em>, ronaldinho didn’t stick around<\/em> to see how the first leg\u00a0finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

a photo caption in the espn.com article noted that ronaldinho<\/p>\n

did not stick around<\/em> to watch queretaro’s loss after he was substituted before half-time.<\/h4>\n

and the article also explained that<\/p>\n

twenty minutes before the end of the match, television footage<\/em> captured ronaldinho leaving the stadium in a private vehicle.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

stick around<\/strong> <\/em>means stay.<\/em> \u00a0footage<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is video<\/em>.<\/p>\n

this clip is the footage<\/em>\u00a0of ronaldinho leaving hidalgo stadium in pachuca before the game had finished.<\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ronaldinho-se-va.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

after the first leg, coach vucetich explained to the press that his objective was to shore up<\/strong><\/em> (better support) his defense<\/p>\n

it was a tactical question, we couldn’t give anything away<\/em> [at 2-0 down]. the fact they didn’t score [in the second half] allows us to be alive in the series<\/h4>\n

give away<\/strong> <\/em>means the white cocks couldn’t afford<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/a>to let pachuca score again; three goals would have been too much to overcome. \u00a0vucetich’s words were vindicated in sunday’s second leg.<\/p>\n

\"ronaldinho<\/p>\n

will the fans be cheering\u00a0for ronaldinho in the the final?<\/em><\/h6>\n

what do u think about ronaldinho’s attitude during\u00a0last thursday’s game? should vucetich play him in the final? will ronaldinho\u00a0be able to bounce back<\/em> and\u00a0play at a high level? \u00a0share your opinions under leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n

fun english practice\u00a0\":)\"\u00a0richyrocks on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n

whatever your feelings about ronaldinho, u can thank him and the white cocks along with goal.com, espn & mexican football in general for the practical examples of all these phrasal verbs–>bounce back, give away, go straight to, haul off, shore up, stick around & take out<\/p>\n