This short football language post looks at the phrase, ‘ride your luck‘ and how it is used in football. You can read the transcript for this post below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
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This week’s English for football is the expression to ride your luck which in football means that a team or a player has been rather lucky. For example, a team can be described as riding their luck when it does not concede a goal due to their opponents missing lots of opportunities or maybe hitting the post. Recently, Championship side Brighton rode their luck when Portsmouth missed a penalty in the last minute to give the win to Brighton. To ride their luck.
- Example: Liverpool ride their luck but game of fine margins remains wide open (The Guardian, May 5th 2019)
- Example: “we rode our luck in the first half”, with goalkeeper Mat Ryan making four of his eight saves, including a brilliant instinctive stop… (BBC)
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