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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Football (soccer) | | Spanish term or phrase: nueve mentiroso | Hello
This is from a question in an interview with Del Bosque, the Spain manager. I see that the term is widely used, but have struggled to find a definition of any sort.
"¿Puede utilizar un nueve mentiroso que ahora está muy de moda?"
and Del Bosque answers:
"Nosotros en el Madrid jugamos mucho con Guti y Raúl, sin tener referencias fijas arriba y fue una etapa en la que jugamos muy bien. Recuerdo un partido en que ganamos en Roma y fue un repaso, sin dejar referencias al contrario, jugando entre líneas… En España tenemos a Cesc, Silva, Iniesta, jugadores todos de ese corte que son muy buenos para hacer esa función."
Judging by the players he mentions, I suspect it's an attacking role in which a midfielder moves into forward positions. I've seen in other article that Messi is referred to as a "nueve mentiroso".
Thanks for your help
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