Post by anders tNup Netherlands, nup!
"El Jefecito" Mascherano: "I'm fed up of eating shit"
Despite winning two Olympics medals Mascherano is disappointed of losing two quarter finals in 2006 and 2010.
http://www.goal.com/es/news/3653/mundial-2014/2014/07/06/4941020/javier-mascherano-ya-estoy-cansado-de-comer-mierda
JV
Appendix on nicknames:
Nicknames of some Spanish speaking players:
Argentina:
Messi: La Pulga, El Enano - The Flea, The Dwarf
Mascherano: El Jefecito - The Little Chief (in Spanish press)
Di Maria: El Fideo - The Noodle
Higuain: Pipita - Little Pipe
Agüero: Kun - Familiar nick
Mexico:
Ochoa: Memo - Short for Guillermo
Hernandez: Chicharito - Little Pea (his father was a football player nicknamed Chicharo)
Márquez: Rafa - Short for Rafael
Dos Santos: Gio - Short for Giovanni
Herrera (coach): Piojo - Louse
Colombia:
Mondragón: Turco - Turk (his mother is Lebanese and in Latin America they sometimes call Arabs as Turks, no offense intended).
Uruguay:
C. Rodriguez: Cebolla - Onion
Forlan: Cachavacha - A character from a comic strip
Pereira: Maxi - Short for Maximiliano
Suarez: Lucho - Colloquial for Luis
Chile:
Valdivia: Mago, Loco - Magician, Mad
Spain:
Silva: Chino - Chinese
Torres: Juanfran - Short for Juan Francisco
Resurrección: Koke - Koke
---eof---