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On this week’s podcast our German correspondent Hans looks at the Bundesliga after the mid-winter break. Remember, you can also:

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• A page with all our Football vocabulary posts
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Each week the languagecaster team will explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. On this week’s show we feature the phrase ‘to be stripped of the captaincy’. Click on the link below to learn about the word or phrase, while you can also read the transcript. You can also find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here football cliches here and our huge football glossary here.

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This week’s football phrase is ‘to be stripped of the captaincy’ which means that the captain of a team has lost this particular role, he or she has been demoted, has had the armband taken away from him or her. The noun captaincy refers to the position of captain of the team, while the passive verb form to be stripped means to have something completely taken away. This week the England defender John Terry was stripped of the captaincy after allegations of racial abuse against another player. He is no longer the England captain. ‘To be stripped of the captaincy’.

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On this week’s predictions we feature the big derby matches in the FA Cup 4th Round, as well as some more games from the Africa Cup of Nations. You can listen to Damon and Damian discussing their predictions on this week’s show. Check out some language used in making predictions here. This week’s guest predictor is Mick who is a Chelsea fan.

Current Score: DB 108 | DF 91 | Guests 74

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In this week’s review of the footballing action we focus on the start of the African Cup of Nations and we wonder why stamps in Manchester and Madrid go unpunished. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.

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A real feel good factor now surrounds the African Cup of Nations as both of the hosts won their opening matches. First up was Equatorial Guinea who defeated Libya 1-0 in their home stadium to earn a one million dollar bonus that had been promised them by the country’s president. Then on Monday Gabon opened their tournament by defeating competition debutants Niger 2-0 in Libraville. A perfect start to the tournament for the co-hosts.
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On this week’s podcast we look ahead to the African Cup of Nations that is taking place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Remember, you can also:

• Listen only to the main report here – complete with transcript and vocabulary
• Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show
• Check out a new football expression in English for Football
• For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
• A page with all our Football vocabulary posts
• Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases)
• Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts

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Each week the languagecaster team will explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. On this week’s show we feature the phrase ‘to be booked for dissent’. Click on the link below to learn about the word or phrase, while you can also read the transcript. You can also find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here football cliches here and our huge football glossary here.

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This week’s football phrase is ‘to be booked for dissent’ which means that a player receives a yellow card for using bad or rude language to the referee. It can also occur when a player questions a referee’s decision or disrespects the officials. In yesterday’s clasico game between Real Madrid and Barcelona Carlos Pujol was booked for dissent when complaining about an earlier decision. to be booked for dissent.

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In this week’s review of the footballing action we focus on Swansea’s rise, Inter Milan’s unbeaten run and a bad week for Real Madrid’s Pepe. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.

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Nine years ago this week, Welsh side Swansea City were bottom of the fourth tier in English football; bottom of the whole league – that’s 92nd out of 92 teams, while Arsenal were top of the Premier League. Yet last weekend Swansea came from behind to beat The Gunners 3-2 to move into tenth place in the Premier League. It was also good news for Italian side Inter Milan as they defeated their rivals AC Milan – a 6th consecutive win that sends them up into fifth place – six points behind leaders Juventus.
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Each week the languagecaster team will explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. On this week’s show we feature the phrase ‘to make a comeback’. Click on the link below to learn about the word or phrase, while you can also read the transcript. You can also find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here football cliches here and our huge football glossary here.

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This week’s football phrase is ‘to make a comeback’ which is not normally connected to football but last weekend saw two former Premier League stars return to play for their old clubs: they have made a comeback. On Sunday in the Manchester derby Paul Scholes surprised everybody when he was named on the Manchester United bench in the FA Cup tie against rivals Manchester City. The following day, in the same competition, former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry came off the bench to score the winning goal for Arsenal on his return to the club he had served so well. Indeed, both players made winning starts to their comebacks. To make a comeback.

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On this week’s predictions we feature the big Milan derby between AC and Inter as well as games involving Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. You can listen to Damon and Damian discussing their predictions on this week’s show. Check out some language used in making predictions here. This week’s guest predictor is Pedro who is a Barcelona fan.

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In this week’s review of the footballing action, we congratulate Lionel Messi for winning his third FIFA Ballon d’Or award, look back at a bad week for his club Barcelona and an ugly end for Neil Warnock as he is fired from QPR. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.

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He is only 24 years old but already the Argentinian Leo Messi is now being touted as the best ever. Messi has just been awarded his third successive Ballon d’Or trophy, the prize given to the best player in the world and few can doubt that Messi is clearly number one: winning the Spanish League, the Spanish Super Cup, the European Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup and the Champions League where he scored and was voted man of the match. continue