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On this week’s show we look at the semi-finals in the Champions League with three fans from England as well as having a new English for Football phrase.

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Liverpool fan
Damon: OK, so I’ve got a Liverpool fan here. What did you think about the result against Chelsea?

Tim: Well, um, of course, very disappointing to lose a goal - an own goal - with, like, literally ten seconds left of the game. So, quite disappointed really.

Damon: Which players stood out for you?

Tim: Well, in terms of standing out in my memory, it’s going to hard to forget Riise’s contribution continue reading

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Cups are collected, coaches sacked, corruption in South East Asia are all featured in this week’s round up of the footballing news. Click on the links below to watch the video or read the article for more information.

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Aston Villa can’t stop scoring and Newcastle go on an undefeated run of six! Villa score 15 in the last three games, including a 5-1 thrashing of derby rivals Birmingham. They are now only three points behind Everton and within sight of a place in Europe next season. Newcastle win four out of six with a 2-0 victory in the north-east derby over Sunderland. continue reading

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Here are some words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster’s Full Podcast’s Good, Bad and Ugly section - a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our online quizzes and crosswords, worksheets and English for football phrases as well as the Learners’ Podcast.

• to thrive -to do well, to grow, to be successful

Michael Owen seems to be thriving under Kevin Keegan.

• to heat up - to become more exciting, to become more intense

It was good for Argentinian football fans as the league race heated up with Estudiantes going level on points with River Plate. continue reading

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Damon and Damian’s race for the Predictions Crown goes down to the wire. There is only a five point gap and the big matches this week cold decide which way the title at languagecaster goes. Can you do better than our pundits?

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This week’s show features the three English teams in the Champions League semi-finals - we ask some fans for their reactions to the games. We also -

• Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Have a new Vox Pops topic
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition

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• Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans’ forum

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On this week’s show we look at the relegation battles in England and in Germany as well as having a new English for Football phrase.

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Only five games remain in the Bundesliga and a real battle is developing in the basement to see who will be relegated this year. Five teams are currently locked in this battle hoping to avoid ending the season in one of the bottom three places. continue reading

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Here are some of the words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster’s Full Podcast. For more English practice check out our online quizzes and crosswords, worksheets and English for football phrases as well as the Learners’ Podcast.

• torrid - full of problems and difficulties

Valencia have had a torrid season - absolutely wretched season.

• vaguely - slightly, a little, faintly

‘Have you heard of Queen of the South?’ ‘Yes, vaguely - distant memory.’ continue reading

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getting to the sharp end of the season, really exciting is n’t it? Do we play Carlton Cole as a lone striker or Carlton Cole as a lone striker? it’s mind numbingly dull at the moment being a west ham fan. bring back the brinksmanship of last year, a non goal here, a unreistered player there. beating manu and arsenal home and away. great times. Are the injuries just becoming an excuse? Maybe Curbs needs some new ideas and be a little bit more adventurous at home. roll on next year.

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This week’s show features the battles at the foot of the table in the English Premier league and the German Bundesliga. We also look forward to the Champions League semi-final first legs and

• Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Have a new Vox Pops topic
• Continue the David Beckham update in Beckham Watch
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition

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• Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans’ forum

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Damon was correct in 8 out of 10 of last week’s matches to increase his lead to 5 points in the predictions race. This week we feature relegation battles from the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and the Bundesliga, as well as the German Cup final and the Champions League semi-final first legs.

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Cup competitions in Spain, Scotland and South America, as well as boardroom and tunnel fighting, all feature on this week’s good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links below to watch the video or read the article for more information.

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Congratulations to Valencia, they are the new Spanish cup holders after beating Getafe 3-1 in the final. Speaking of cup finals, Queen of the South, a team from the Scottish second league will play in this year’s final after beating Aberdeen 4-3 - a huge cup upset. continue reading

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Football can be a cruel game. It can also be a game of incredible drama. Both of these traits were evident in the pulsating Liverpool v Arsenal trilogy this month. Arsenal, the young side built by ‘The Professor’ Wenger to play a free, quick, passing game lost their European dreams, and probably their hopes of a league title when they came up against ‘The Rotator’ Benitez’s hard-working, driving, tactically shrewd Liverpool.
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On this week’s show, we look at the teams that are struggling at the bottom of the tables in Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A. We also have anotehr English for Football phrase for you to check out. For more English practice try our…

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The relegation Battles in La Liga and Serie A

When we talk about La Liga here on languagecaster we usually focus on the battle for the title but on this week’s report we look at the bottom of the table to find out which teams are desperately battling to avoid the drop. Now, way back in September I asked three Spanish football experts to predict which teams would struggle this year in La Liga and here is what they said. continue reading

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Here are some more useful phrases from this week’s podcast. For more English practice try our online quizzes and crosswords, worksheets and English for football phrases.

• mate - a friend, pal, used especially in British and Australian English

How about In Tokyo mate? what’s it like?

• relegation - the act of dropping down a level or a division, from the verb to relegate

We’re going to be looking at the relegation battles in Spain and Italy.

• to stuff - in sport, to stuff means to beat another team by a large score / easily

It was good for Liverpool who stuffed Arsenal 4-2 in the Champions League. continue reading

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In this week’s we look at the relegation battles in La Liga and Seria A. Who is going to lose millions by being relegated? We also…

• Review the football week in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Have a new Vox Pops topic
• Continue the David Beckham update in Beckham Watch
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue their weekly battle in the predictions competition

For learners of English there are also:

• Worksheets and transcripts
• Vocabulary lists
• Online quizzes and crossword puzzles
• Weekly blogs from our football-crazy writers in fans’ forum

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