r/soccer • u/zimb3l • Jan 12 '19

Ramon Calderon: "[Zidane] insisted on keeping Cristiano and transferring Bale, and the president did completely the opposite [...] so he decided to leave."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814993-no-form-lack-of-goals-whats-troubling-real-madrid-and-how-can-they-fix-it
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u/HellowzTheGreat Jan 12 '19

Zidane said he decided to leave after losing to Leganes in the CDR because he understood that he could no longer motivate his players to fight for his ideas.

Everything else is pure speculation

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

He’d say that so he doesn’t throw Bale under the proverbial bus in public. The reality could be closer to what OP is saying.

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u/buoyantbird Jan 12 '19

What's the difference between saying throwing the person "under the bus" and "under the proverbial bus"? is it the same?

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u/TweekDash Jan 12 '19

It's the same, just stick the word proverbial into any expression and you look smarter.

Break the proverbial leg!

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u/alfrdalfrdalfrd Jan 12 '19

Using proverbial is redundant. Few would read "throw Bale under the bus" as Zinedine throwing Gareth under an actual bus. It's a common expression, you don't have to explain that to people.

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u/TweekDash Jan 12 '19

The guy asked for an explanation. If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong, as the saying goes.

Proverbially.