Learn English Through Football Podcast

This podcast series explains the language of football, and this short episode looks at the phrase 'to shine'.

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This football language podcast for learners of English, explains the adjective 'tidy, as in a tidy player.'

Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at some of the language from the 2022 World Cup final. We'll be looking at some phrases from The Guardian newspaper report on the extraordinary final including, 'on penalties'; 'unplayable' and 'side-on volley'.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrases, 'to play in' and 'to go behind' from the sem-finals

Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at the quarter-final match between Argentina and Netherlands which the South American side won on penalties.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'Panenka' which was used when describing Morocco's penalty shoot-out win against...

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'coast past' which was used to describe the French victory against Poland

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'march into the quarter-finals' which was used after the Dutch victory over the USA

In this World Cup language podcast we look at a football phrase from Day 13 - (to) flick on from the Serbia versus Switzerland match.

This World Cup language podcast focuses on the phrase, 'cut the ball back', which describes the build up to a goal in the Japan vs Spain match.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'a peach of a free kick' which was used to describe the second Mexican goal in their 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia.

Day 10 of the 2022 World Cup and the last games in Groups A and B. We look the phrase 'side footer' and the game between Senegal and Ecuador

Day 9 of the 2022 World Cup and Cameroon and Serbia had a cracker. We look at a football phrase from the game, 'scoop shot'.

Today's World Cup language podcast looks at some language to describe a goal scored by Morocco against Belgium from an inswinging free kick.

This World Cup language podcast looks back at day 7 of the tournament and at the moment of magic from Leo Messi as he helped Argentina to an all-important 2-0 win over Mexico. We look at a description of the goal from a BBC report and explain the words: 'trademark magic'; 'keeps hopes alive' and 'tense encounter'.

Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup and Wales lose 2-0 to Iran. We look at some language describing the result, including the phrase 'first hurdle'.

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Day 2 of the World Cup and we explain the classic football cliche, 'a game of two halves' from the USA vs Wales game

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We look back at the opening game of the 2022 World Cup between hosts Qatar and Ecuador to explain the phrases 'totally outplayed' & 'on paper

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups A-D

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Do you know what to 'peg back' means? This football language podcast for learners of English, looks at this phrase and other language related to it.

On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at some of the language to describe the winning Irish goal in the 2023 World Cup play-off match against Scotland.

This football language podcast for learners of English, looks at the phrase 'rooted to the spot' and other language related to it.

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This week saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenomeno, Ronaldo.

On this football language podcast for learners of English we look at the phrase 'Bring down an opponent' which was used to describe the winning goal in the WSL opening match between Chelsea and Liverpool.

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On this football language podcast for learners of English, we spotlight one of the Premier League games from the weekend and the phrase 'play off the park'.

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On this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the 2022 Women's Euros semi finals match between Germany and France. We look at some football phrases used in a Guardian report on the game, including: 'Fire past', 'set up' and 'double'. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, and you can also access our massive glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at [email protected]. https://media.blubrry.com/footballlanguage/content.blubrry.com/footballlanguage/football_pocast_Womens_Euro_2022_FirePast.mp3 http://gty.im/1411301503 Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2022 Women's Euros - Germany vs France: Fire Past DB: Hi there everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com - the football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football. My name is Damon, one half of the Languagecaster team; Damian, is based in London and is right in the middle of the 2022 Women's European Championships. I'm based in Tokyo, where it is a little more difficult to follow the competition, but I've been doing my best. Today, from a hot and humid Japan, I'm going to take a look at a headline in The Guardian from yesterday's second semi final clash between Germany and France. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in German) Yes, you are listening to languagecaster and that message was in German. So, let's take a look at the headline and then discuss some of the football language related to it and the cracking game between Germany and France, which of course finished 2-1 to the Germans. So, here's the headline: "Popp double fires Germany past France to set up Wembley final with England" Double Alexandra Popp is Germany's captain and a striker and in this game she scored two goals, so we have Popp double - double meaning two goals. We could also say 'brace' in this situation. A brace is also two goals, so Pops brace would be an option. Talking of how to describe more than one goal we have double or brace for two, and, of course hat trick for three. And then you might want to say 'hatful' for more than three: a hateful of goals could be four, five or more. Fire Past Next, we've got 'to fire past' - Popp double fires Germany past France. To fire, in this context means to move, spark, give energy to, allow. To fire past means to move past or send past, so we could say Popp double sends Germany past France; the brace allows Germany to continue in the tournament while France are knocked out. Notice that the direct object 'Germany' comes between 'fires' and 'past' - fires Germany past. When we use 'past' we refer to the beaten team - past France. We could also use 'into' with the name of the next stage of the tournament, so fires Germany into the final. Set up Now, the next phrase in the headline has already been discussed by Damian in an earlier podcast on France's game against The Netherlands. France's win in that game set up a meeting with Germany. To set up means to create or arrange. And in this match, Germany's win sets up a final with, or against, England. We could also use a phrase like book a place in the final to mean the same thing. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (French) Thank you for that message in French! Right, let's go back to the headline: "Popp double fires Germany past France to set up Wembley final with England". The German captain, Popp scores a brace, two goals, for Germany which allow the team to continue in the tournament. The double fires Germany past France. This win books a place in the final where they will face, play, England - the win sets up a final against England. Contact Now, if you want to ask any football-language questions or simply say hello then you can do so by adding a comment on our site here at languagecaster.com or by using our forum. You can also send us an email at [email protected] and you can also look out for us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Goodbye DB: Right, that's it for this short football-language podcast. We'll be back soon with more football language from the final and maybe also from the curtain raiser for the English Premier League season, the Community Shield. Until then enjoy all the football, especially the final this weekend. Ta ra. Related Vocabulary 2022 Women's Euros: France vs Netherlands 2022 Women's Euros: England vs Spain (to) Book a place in (a) Brace https://languagecaster.com/football-language-glossary/

On this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at some of the words and phrases from the 2022 Women's Euros quarter-final match between France and the holders the Netherlands. We look at three phrases used in a BBC report on the game: 'break the deadlock'; 'from the spot' and 'set up a meeting with'. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at [email protected]. https://media.blubrry.com/footballlanguage/content.blubrry.com/footballlanguage/LearnEnglishThroughFootballPodcast_2022WomensEuros_FrancevNetherlands.mp3 http://gty.im/1410522685 Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2022 Women's Euros - France vs The Netherlands DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com - the football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football. I'm Damian and I'm here in London and I'm one half of the languagecaster team, the other member of course is Damon who's based in Tokyo, in Japan. OK, I am in a warm and sunny London and it's the day after the final quarter-final match from the 2022 Women's European Championship that is taking place here in England. And so on today's football language podcast we take a look at some of the words and phrases from the last of these four quarter-finals; and this one was beween holders the Netherlands and France. To do this we'll look at one of the sentences from a report on the BBC website that includes phrases such as 'break the deadlock'; 'from the spot' and 'set up a meeting with'. And don't forget that you can also listen to our recent podcast on some of the words and phrases from the England versus Spain last eight game in which we discuss the phrases, thunder in; stunner and fire into. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in French) France 1-0 The Netherlands http://gty.im/1410535739 Eve Perisset finally broke the deadlock for Les Bleus from the spot in the 102nd minute to set up a last-four meeting with Germany in Milton Keynes on Wednesday. (BBC.co.uk) So, France overcame their quarter-final hoodoo to defeat the holders, the Netherlands, 1-0 and make the last four of the European Championships for the first time; Les Bleus had been eliminated at the quarter-final stage in each of the last three European tournaments. They were the better side throughout the tie but only won thanks to a penalty in extra time. We'll take a look at the phrases, 'break the deadlock'; 'from the spot' and 'set up a meeting' from that sentence from the BBC report of the game and it's a sentence that explains nearly all of the main information and context from that match. Broke the deadlock So, the phrase to break the deadlock in football is used to describe when one team moves ahead in the game; they 'break' the draw - they open up the game. So, for example, if the game is scoreless (nil-nil) and a team scores we can say that they have broken the deadlock. In this quarter-final, the French finally scored against the Dutch - they had over 30 opportunities to score in the game - but only in extra time did they manage to do this. They broke the deadlock and then held on to win 1-0 and go through, or qualify, to the semi-final. From the spot The winning goal, scored by Eve Perisset, came from a penalty which was awarded in the first period of extra time after the referee consulted VAR. Now, for me it was a clear penalty as the Dutch defender clearly brought down the French attacker - maybe not a stonewall penalty (which is used to describe a super clear penalty) but definitely a penalty. Perisset's penalty was struck hard to the keeper's right and although she got a hand to the ball the Dutch keeper Van Domselaar, who was player of the match, was unable to keep the ball out. So, we can say that Perisset scored from the spot. Set up a meeting with The next phrase is very common in the business world and describes how different parties or groups organise their next meeting. Here, in this example, the meeting refers to the next round of the tournament which in this case is the semi-final. So, the win for the French means they have qualified for their first ever European Championship semi-final where they will face Germany - their win means they will 'set up a meeting with Germany'. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (Dulwich Hamlet fan) So, let's take a look at the original sentence again: 'Eve Perisset finally broke the deadlock for Les Bleus from the spot in the 102nd minute to set up a last-four meeting with Germany in Milton Keynes on Wednesday' (BBC.co.uk). So, we can say that France's winning go

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