The news will make the supporters of Paris SG smile yellow ... Le Point reveals the new names in the Larousse dictionary for the 2021 edition. And “Remontada” is making its debut. This term became famous on March 8, 2017, when the capital's club was eliminated by FC Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League. As a reminder, after their demonstration at the Parc des Princes (4-0), the Parisians had collapsed on the return to Camp Nou (6-1). Football and sports fans in general now often use the word "remontada" when a team succeeds in catching up.
"Unexpected victory of a team or a player during a competition"
One of the definitions of LarousseAccording to Larousse, "remontada", "ascent" in Spanish, means: 1. Sports. Unexpected increase in score allowing the losing team to win in a football match, when there was a large difference in points between the two teams; by extension, an unexpected victory for a team or a player in any competition. 2. Fam. Back in the foreground, spectacular victory of a party or a politician, after an electoral defeat, a crossing of the desert, etc " ... The word" remontada "will be integrated in the Larousse 2021 alongside other words like "Black bloc", "hipsterisation" or even "influencer" . The American player Megan Rapinoe, world champion of football, will also enter the Larousse in the category of proper names.
Barcelona's escalada against PSG in March 2017
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