Real Madrid is the most winning and famous soccer club in the world with over 100 years of history. It has faced criticism for having many foreign players and not being strongly Spanish nationalist. However, great Spanish players like Raúl González who debuted at age 17 and scored important goals have diminished these controversies. Hugo Sánchez was also an inspiration from Mexico who scored 251 goals in his 7 seasons with Real Madrid.
Real Madrid is the most winning and famous soccer club in the world with over 100 years of history. It has faced criticism for having many foreign players and not being strongly Spanish nationalist. However, great Spanish players like Raúl González who debuted at age 17 and scored important goals have diminished these controversies. Hugo Sánchez was also an inspiration from Mexico who scored 251 goals in his 7 seasons with Real Madrid.
Real Madrid is the most winning and famous soccer club in the world with over 100 years of history. It has faced criticism for having many foreign players and not being strongly Spanish nationalist. However, great Spanish players like Raúl González who debuted at age 17 and scored important goals have diminished these controversies. Hugo Sánchez was also an inspiration from Mexico who scored 251 goals in his 7 seasons with Real Madrid.
El fútbol es uno de los deportes más practicados a nivel
mundial, tanto a nivel popular como a nivel profesional. El fútbol ha estado sujeto a los avatares de la historia adaptándose a cada cultura. Soccer is one of the most played sports all over the world, played both popularly as well as at the professional level. Soccer has been subject to the stages of history, adapting itself to each culture.
El Real Madrid es el club más laureado y famoso del
mundo del fútbol. Tras cien años de historia, ningún otro equipo se le puede comparar. ¡em¿Real Madrid¡/em¿ is the most winning and most fa- mous club in the world of soccer. Over one hundred years of history, no other team has been able to compare.
Muchas han sido las crı́ticas y la polémica entorno al
club, ya que gran parte del equipo es extranjero y ha sido cuestionado por su poco nacionalismo español. There have been many criticisms and controversies sur- rounding the club, since a large portion of the team is for- eign, and has been questioned for a lack of national loyalty.
Toda esta polémica se ha visto minimizada por grandes
jugadores españoles como Raúl González quien llega al club en la temporada del 92 procedente de las desa- parecidas categorı́as inferiores del Atlético de Madrid.
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c Praxis Language Ltd. This entire controversy has been diminished by great Span- ish players like Raúl González, who arrived at the club dur- ing the ’92 season, coming from the defunct minor league’s ¡em¿Atlético de Madrid¡/em¿.
Pero no hay que olvidar al jugador Hugo Sánchez, una
de las inspiraciones nacionales de México. Su escuela fue la calle, los descampados del barrio donde vivı́a. En sus siete temporadas como jugador del Real Madrid, marcó 251 goles. But one cannot forget the player Hugo Sánchez, a national inspiration of Mexico. His school was the street; the empty fields of the neighborhood where he lived. In his seven sea- sons as a Real Madrid player, he scored 251 goals.
Raúl comparte el origen humilde, y debuta con tan sólo
17 años, además en la primera temporada consiguió una titularidad que no ha vuelto a perder. Raúl se ha convertido en una pieza clave tanto en el Real Madrid como en la Selección Española. Raúl shares a similarly humble upbringing; he made his de- but at only 17 years of age; furthermore, in the first season he was named to the first squad, a spot which he has never lost. Raúl has become a key player in both the Real Madrid team, as well as the Spanish National Team.
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c Praxis Language Ltd. Hugo Sánchez llegó al comienzo de 1981, en su primera temporada colma sus expectativas más ambiciosas: Campeón de Liga y máximo goleador de competición con 22 goles. Hugo Sánchez arrived at the beginning of 1981, in his first season he fulfilled his most ambitions expectations: League Champion and top goal scorer with 22 goals.
Raúl vio sus logros cuando el Madrid ganó la Copa
de Europa después de 32 años. Luego jugó la final de la Intercontinental frente a Vasco de Gama, un equipo brasileño; y al faltar ocho minutos Raúl marcó un go- lazo que dio el triunfo al Madrid. Raúl saw success when ¡em¿Madrid¡/em¿ won the Europe Cup after 32 years. Later, he played in the finals of the Inter- continental against ¡em¿Vasco de Gama¡/em¿, a Brazilian team; and with eight minutes left in the game, Raúl scored a huge goal, giving the victory to ¡em¿Madrid¡/em¿.
Sin embargo, en el caso de Hugo Sánchez su historia fi-
nalizará envuelta en polémica. Jugando con la selección nacional de México en el Mundial de Estados Unidos, el entrenador de la selección lo deja en el banquillo en los tres últimos partidos antes de caer ante Bulgaria. However, in the case of Hugo Sánchez, his story will end surrounded by controversy. While playing for the Mexican National Team in the World Cup in the US, the team’s coach left Sánchez on the bench for the final three games before they were eliminated by Bulgaria.
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c Praxis Language Ltd. Ésto provoca una agria polémica con el entrenador de la selección mexicana y el jugador anuncia que nunca volverá a jugar con la camiseta de su paı́s. This provoked a bitter controversy with the team’s coach, and the player announced that he would never again play with his country’s jersey.
Key Vocabulary
avatar Noun change
laurear Verb to award
cuestionar Verb to question
polémico Noun controversy
debutar Noun to make one´s debut
temporada Noun season
marcar Verb to score
gol Noun super goal
triunfo Noun victory
logro Noun achievement
Supplementary Vocabulary
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c Praxis Language Ltd. fichar Verb to sign up
fichaje Noun signing
equipo contrario Noun opposing team
empatar Verb to draw
deportividad Noun sportsmanship
árbitro Noun referee
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