On this week’s podcast Internationals take centre stage. There are crucial World Cup play-offs and matches taking place around the world, but we focus on the Ireland v France match-up. We also review the football stories of the past week and make our predictions on the big games. Come along to the site at languagecaster.com to read more.

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PREDICTION

This week’s featured match is Ireland v France

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FOOTBALL EXPRESSION

This week’s English for Football is ‘To hang up your boots‘. Of course, boots refers to the footwear you need to play football – interestingly, they are not called shoes but boots even though they are not large like boots. To hang up means to tidy away or to suspend from a peg or hook. the full phrase to hang up your boots means to retire from playing football, to finish playing football. When you stop playing, you don’t need your boots anymore. This week the ex-Czech national team and Liverpool, Bordeaux, and Slavia Prague player, Vladmiri Smicer, hung up his boots, he retired from the game of football.We wish him well.

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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:

Who is Franc’s all time top goals corer, scoring 51 goals for the side?

a. Zinedine Zidane

b. Michel Platini

c. Thierry Henri

d. David Trezeguet

Answer next week.

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