The Champions League knock out stage is underway, with Rooney starring for Manchester United, and if the knockout phase has started in Europe that means in South America the Copa Libertadores’ group stages are underway. The holders, Argentinian outfit Estudiantes, suffered a shock 4-1 defeat to Peru’s Alianza Lima. Elsewhere, Barcelona are beaten, Montpellier win again and extend their extraordinary form in Ligue 1, and Patrick Viera is handed a three match ban in his second game.And on languagecaster we talk about more football news and spotlight another World Cup great – Gerd Müller.

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PREDICTION

This week’s featured match is the Champions League match between Inter Milan & Chelsea

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FOOTBALL EXPRESSION

This week’s English for football expression is the phrase to be a handful which means that something or someone is difficult to handle or control. In football this is used when one team has difficulty controlling or defending against a player from the opposing team. The phrase often collocates with the verb to prove as in ‘… Chris Maguire proved to be a handful for Celtic with his vigour‘ which means that the Scottish side Celtic were unable to control Chris Maguire because of his power or pace. The phrase can also be used without the verb to be in it. So, recently, Wayne Rooney has been playing very well for his club Manchester United and in this week’s Champions League game against AC Milan he scored twice and proved a real handful for the Rossoneri defence. To prove to be a real handful.

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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:

How many clubs did Gerd Müller play for in his career?

a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 6

Answer next week.

The answer to last week’s question, ‘How many different countries are represented in the last 16 of the Champions League this year?’ was d.8.
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