Hello everyone. This is football (soccer). I don't understand the phrase "beat on the spin" here. What does it actually mean? 29' Booking for Otamendi, who is not having a good time in the centre of the Argentina defence. He over-commits himself into the back of Chicharito, who had him beat on the spin, but was tripped. http://tinyurl.com/qc39avu
I am not an expert on football, so this is a bit of a guess. He moved too close towards the back of Chicharito to be easily manoeuvrable (over-committed). As a result, Chicharito succeded in avoiding him by turning round (spinning) quickly.
who had him beat on the spin, but was tripped.= who (Chicharito) beat him (Otamendi) when he (Chicharito) turned quickly with the ball, but (Chicharito) was tripped (by Otamendi.)
