The effect is full! Gua Shuai didn't understand the famous sentence "grinding time" before the game, and was directly "scared" and paralyzed during the game

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2024-05-15 15:16Posted on the official account of Live Bar in Hong Kong, China

Live broadcast on May 15th Premier League make-up Manchester City defeated Tottenham 2-0 away, Akanji stopped the ball and was broken in the game, Son Xingmin was saved by Ortega bravely with a single knife, and Guardiola was directly "scared" and paralyzed on the scene.

Interestingly, in the pre-match press conference of this game, Guardiola was puzzled by the English football term "squeaky bum time" (literally translated as squeaky time) used when a reporter asked questions. Presumably after this game, Gua Shuai should be able to understand this vocabulary.

Pep Guardiola before the game

Reporter: No matter what happens, you've been calm, Sir Alex Ferguson used to call this period of the season "squeaky bum time"

Pep Guardiola (confused, turning to ask for a translator): Translate

Translation: It's a hot word, it's hard to describe, it's a lot of pressure

Pep Guardiola: Stressful?

Reporter: Emphasize the hips under tremendous pressure

Pep Guardiola: Hips?

Translation: Yes, it's like this because you're stressed out (ass grinds the chair squeaky)

Reporter: The body's natural reaction

(Guardiola didn't seem to understand the meaning, and laughter rang out at the scene)

The translator teased: It's not enough to pay me (the translator)'s salary...

Pep Guardiola: Why doesn't Ferguson use simple words?

Reporter: I don't know how to say that word in Catalan, but tomorrow is a crucial game against Tottenham, will you be nervous? Do you experience "ass grinding time"?

Pep Guardiola: Now? No. Tomorrow we will feel nervous, of course we will feel it, otherwise it will be a bad sign. I feel the right amount of tension in every game, and I focus on reading the game. I tried not to get too excited, to make the wrong decisions and make the players anxious because of my actions. Sometimes, though, it happens to me. I don't think any competitive player or coach is going to be numb, relaxed and say 'it's okay', we know what we're playing for.

In 2003, he described the fierce title race between Manchester United and Arsenal as "squeaky bum time" to describe the nervousness of watching the game, which literally means the squeaking of the butt on the chair. The term was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2022, along with Jose Mourinho's "Park the Bus".

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