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2010 World Cup Phrase of the Day: To Take the Game to

Every day during the World Cup, the languagecaster team will be explaining a football phrase or cliché connected to this summer’s tournament. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript. You can find many more examples by going to our football clichés here and our huge football glossary here. If you have any questions, suggestions or comments then please email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.

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Day 5 and Japan are taking on Cameroon in a group E clash. Their coach, Okada, has said his team will take the game to the Indomitable Lions. To take the game to, means to attack, to play a positive game. Yesterday, the German side took the game to Australia and won easily 4-0. Holland, also in Group E with Japan, Cameroon and Denmark are expected to take the game to all their opponents. If Japan do take the game to Cameroon, they will have to be careful of being hit on the counter as Cameroon boast one of the world’s top strikers, Samuel Eto’o. To take the game to.

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