Touch is vintage..., finish is village
"Dortmund keeper Roman Burki has had nothing to do all half and goes to pieces, straying wildly off his line as Thomas Lemar's pass finds Radamel Falcao on the edge of the area.
Falcao's touch is vintage, his finish is village. Over the bar with an open goal." (BBC Sport website.)
What does Falcao's touch is vintage, his finish is village exactly mean in the above?
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"vintage" means high quality. As far as I can tell, "village" means low quality: the author is likening him to an amateur football player in a village team. The word is chosen to make a play on the sound similarity between the two words.
- "vintage" means high quality.
- As far as I can tell, "village" means low quality: the author is likening him to an amateur football player in a village team.
- The word is chosen to make a play on the sound similarity between the two words.
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"vintage" means high quality. As far as I can tell, "village" means low quality: the author is likening him to an amateur football player in a village team. The word is chosen to make a play on the sound similarity between the two words.
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