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What does "zebra" mean is soccer vocabulary?


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The expression today is related to soccer. When a game has unexpected results, such as when a weak team wins over a strong team, we say that was a ZEBRA. For instance, if Brazil had lost to North Korea, we would have said: "deu zebra" or "foi uma zebra".

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