Yes, Juve were unfortunate, in the extreme, with the deflected goal from Casemiro that gave Madrid a 2-1 lead just after the hour. From that point onwards, however, it was staggering to see a team renowned for defensive structure crumple this way.

footy oil or molasses

They exchanged insults, without it coming to blows.

So that the Latinisms — as again the Gasconisms that betray his origin, — are assimilated into the substance of his writing rather than appended as foreign elements.