Reporter Shows Soccer Players Real Toughness

Female sideline reporters don't often get enough credit, mostly because they're attractive, and most mens' brains switch off completely and begin coasting the minute an attractive person appears on the screen. Quick! Name one thing Jill Arrington ever said! I'm sorry, the answer is not "marry me, you handsome man sitting on the couch." I give you an F and award no points.

I can't understand a thing this woman is saying because she's speaking Portuguese, but that's not important because, as an attractive sideline reporter, you're not listening to her anyway (see: previously mentioned male brain lock), and also because "hit painfully in the head with a soccer ball" translates clearly in any language:
I haven't seen such determination to finish the job on air in difficult circumstances since the vomiting Swedish game show hostess. Also, my dad is proud of her for not rubbing where it hurts, because doing that means they've won.

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