2019 Women’s World Cup: Quarter-final England vs Norway: The first of the 2019 Women’s World Cup quarter-finals took place yesterday and England reached their second successive World Cup semi-final after easily defeating Norway 3-0. They scored early and late in the first half and then capped the win with a superb strike from Lucy Bronze in the second half – they could even afford to miss a late penalty and now look forward to a semi-final on Tuesday. In today’s post we look at some language that emerged from the game yesterday. If you have any suggestions, contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.2019 Women’s World Cup Language: Tap-in
England’s second goal in their 3-0 win over Norway in the first of the Women’s World Cup quarter-finals was scored by their centre forward Ellen White who scored from close range. This means that she scored from very near the goal, while we can also use the phrase ‘a tap-in‘ which describes a goal that has been scored from very near the goal – the player only has to hit it very softly to score; to tap it. Strikers love these types of goals as they are relatively easy to score – they simply have to tap it home.
2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions
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