Credibility Has No Accent
It took a lot of work to convince many journalists that football would not stop being football if, in exchange for 'corner', 'penalty', 'offside' and similar terms, the expressions 'tiro de esquina', 'pena máxima', and 'fuera de lugar' were used in match reports.
TL;DR
- Journalists needed convincing to use Spanish football terms.
- Terms like 'tiro de esquina' replaced 'corner'.
- Expressions such as 'pena máxima' replaced 'penalty'.
- The use of Spanish terms in football chronicles was debated.