Archive for November, 2010

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Each week on languagecaster’s podcast we feature a main listening report. This week, we focus on Major League Soccer and the playoffs. You can listen to the report by clicking the link below and can also read the transcript. Explanations of vocabulary in bold appear at the foot of the post.

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While languagecaster has been concentrating on European football, we shouldn’t forget that football is the world’s game and that while most of the big league’s in Europe – Serie A, La Liga, the Premier League are in the middle of their seasons – other leagues are reaching their end of seasons. We did mention the J-League last month and Nagoya, who still look as though they will be crowned champions, but this week we take a look at the MLS, Major League Soccer. continue

A controversial goal in England, some scandal at FIFA – again, feature in the Good the Bad and Ugly review section of the show, while we also look ahead to a great week of football derbies from around the world. For more football news come to our site, read the posts, listen to our main reports and check out our links section.
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PREDICTION

This week’s featured match sees Liverpool take on Chelsea in the Premier League. Below is Damian’s prediction – what do you think?

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FOOTBALL EXPRESSION

This week’s English football phrase is the expression to play to the whistle which basically means to keep playing until you hear the referee blow his whistle to stop the game. This phrase is used a lot when children first start playing football to teach them about the game and though it is not a rule it is regarded as very good advice. Unfortunately the Spurs and Brazilian goalkeeper did not play to the whistle in his team’s defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford last weekend. The keeper threw down the ball as he felt that it was a free kick after the opposing striker Nani had handled the ball. However, the referee had not blown his whistle for a foul and so the Manchester United player kicked the ball into the empty net. Of course, there are those who say Nani did not play to the spirit of the game while others blame the keeper for not playing to the whistle. To Play to the Whistle.
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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:

Who has won more derby matches, Lazio or Roma?

a. Lazio
b. Roma
c. They have he same number of victories

Answer next week.

The answer to last week’s question was D – Pele was 29 when he scored in the 1970 World Cup final.
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Good, old-fashioned wing play, bad news for Rooney, and some more FIFA-related scandal all feature on this week’s football podcast as well as more bad news from Italy, while explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found at the foot of the post.

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Great for Tottenham Hotspur and Gareth  Bale in the Champions League. The London side continued with their second half performance of the first tie – when Gareth Bale scored a hatrick – into the second leg. In this match at White Hart Lane, Spurs overcame the European Champions, Inter, 3-1, and Bale again impressed with two fantastic assists that came after he made mincemeat of the Inter right side of defence, using power and pace to get to the line before crossing for first Crouch and then Pavlyuchenko to tap in. Sensational wing play from the new Welsh Wizard. continue

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Lots more big derby games this weekend, this time from England, Wales, Brazil, Spain, Italy and Portugal, while we also feature the big game in England: Liverpool versus Chelsea. All of these matches feature on this week’s languagecaster.com podcast. This week’s guest predictor is P3 who is a Man United fan.

Check out some language used in making predictions here

Current Score: DB 42 | DF 41 | Guest 32

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Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here football clichés here and our huge football glossary here.

Transcript

This week’s English football phrase is the expression to play to the whistle which basically means to keep playing until you hear the referee blow his whistle to stop the game. This phrase is used a lot when children first start playing football to teach them about the game and though it is not a rule it is regarded as very good advice. Unfortunately the Spurs and Brazilian goalkeeper did not play to the whistle in his team’s defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford last weekend. The keeper threw down the ball as he felt that it was a free kick after the opposing striker Nani had handled the ball. However, the referee had not blown his whistle for a foul and so the Manchester United player kicked the ball into the empty net. Of course, there are those who say Nani did not play to the spirit of the game while others blame the keeper for not playing to the whistle. To Play to the Whistle.
Check the FA’s Website on this issue here continue