how do international football players communicate with each other and with the coaches and referees?

Question

If you watch the English, Italian, French or Spanish leagues then you know how all the football clubs comprise of players from every country you can think of. Some of these players don’t even know a word of English. Same thing for the coaches and for the referees. So how exactly do they communicate during training sessions and more importantly during official matches? I see the sometimes arguing over a foul or a yellow card so how?

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Answer 1

Normally they have a basic (football) working knowledge of English so cross, pass, mine etc. When English players go to Spain etc. they may have a translator for the first few weeks till they pick up enough Spanish or whatever.