En la prórroga, la delantera casi marca después de otro saque de esquina, pero el balón pasó por delante de la portería.

In football, la prórroga means extra time.

En la prórroga means in extra time / during extra time. Spanish often uses en with periods or stages of a match, for example:

• en la primera parte
• en el descanso
• en los penaltis

You could also say durante la prórroga, but en la prórroga is very natural and common.

Delantera here means forward or striker.

It is feminine because it refers to a female player. If it were a male player, you would usually say el delantero.

In this sentence, la delantera means the forward. Spanish often uses the definite article with player positions:

• la delantera
• el portero
• la defensa

Also, delantera can mean other things in other contexts, but here it clearly means the player.

In football, marcar often means to score.

So casi marca means she almost scored.

That is a very common sports meaning of marcar. Depending on context, marcar can also mean:

• to mark
• to dial
• to set
• to indicate

But in football, one of the most common meanings is to score a goal. Spanish often leaves un gol unstated because it is obvious from context.

This is a very common feature of sports reporting: the historical present.

Even though the event happened in the past, Spanish often uses the present tense to make the action feel more vivid and immediate. So:

• casi marca = literally present form, but in context it still means she almost scored
• casi marcó would also be possible in a more straightforward past narration

This is especially common in match reports, headlines, and commentary.

That is also a sports-journalism style choice.

Spanish match reports often switch between:

• the historical present for dramatic action
• the preterite for completed events

So casi marca makes the moment feel alive, while pasó reports what happened to the ball.

A fully past-tense version would be:

En la prórroga, la delantera casi marcó después de otro saque de esquina, pero el balón pasó por delante de la portería.

So the mixed tenses are not necessarily a mistake; they are a stylistic feature.

Saque de esquina is a corner kick.

Literally:

• saque = kick, taking, restart
• de esquina = from the corner

In Spain, saque de esquina is a standard term. You may also hear córner, especially in informal football language.

So:

• otro saque de esquina = another corner kick

The word otro suggests there had already been one before, or that this was another similar attacking chance.

Because después de is the normal structure before a noun phrase.

Here, otro saque de esquina is a noun phrase, so Spanish uses:

• después de + noun
• después de + infinitive

Examples:

• después del partido
• después de comer
• después de otro saque de esquina

If a full clause follows, Spanish normally uses después de que:

• después de que sacaran el córner

Also, otro normally goes directly before the noun, without an article:

• otro saque
• not el otro saque unless you mean a specific other one

It means the ball went across the front of the goal without going in.

The expression por delante de means in front of or past the front of.

In football context, this often suggests that the ball traveled across the goalmouth and nobody touched it, or it just missed the target.

A natural English football equivalent might be:

• the ball went across the face of goal

So this phrase gives more detail than simply saying it missed.

Because portería is the normal word for a football goal.

• la portería = the goal
• la puerta = a door

So in sports, portería is the correct word here.

In Spain, portería is very common in football. In other Spanish-speaking regions, you may also hear arco.

Both can mean ball, but in football Spanish, especially in Spain, balón is very common.

• el balón sounds especially natural in football reporting
• la pelota is also possible, but it can sound more general depending on context

So in a sports sentence like this, el balón is exactly what you would expect.

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English.

In this sentence, the article sounds natural because the speaker is referring to specific things already understood in the situation:

• la delantera = the forward we are talking about
• el balón = the ball in play
• la portería = the goal being attacked

English often drops articles where Spanish keeps them, especially with roles, sports positions, and familiar objects in context. So these articles are not unusual; they are standard Spanish.