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Football Phrase of the Week: Bring Down in the Box
In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, ‘to bring down in the box‘ from the Chelsea versus Arsenal game in the WSL. You can read the transcript for this podcast 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.
Bring Down in the Box
DF: Hello everyone. This is Damian from the Languagecaster team and I hope you are all doing well. And welcome to our latest football phrase of the week and this week we will look at an expression from the Women’s Super League (WSL) game between leaders Chelsea and London rivals Arsenal. And the phrase is, To bring down an opponent. This expression is often used to describe when a player fouls an opposition player resulting in a free kick or a penalty. So, to bring down a player means that the player falls to the ground after being tackled (or fouled) by the opposition player; the player was brought down means that this player was fouled by the opposition player. If a defender brings down an opponent in the penalty area or the penalty box then a penalty will be awarded and this is what happened in the top-of-the-table clash between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Here is what the BBC said about the foul that led to the penalty: ‘Substitute Guro Reiten scored from the penalty spot after England international Lauren James was brought down in the box by Arsenal captain Kim Little.’
So, the Arsenal defender Kim Little fouled Lauren James in the penalty area and gave away a penalty – she brought her down to concede the penalty.
Can you think of any more examples like this? And how would you say this expression, ‘to bring another player down‘ in another language that you know? Let us know by dropping us a line at admin@languagecaster.com.
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More Examples
- Example: Reiten scored from the penalty spot after England international Lauren James was brought down in the box by Arsenal captain Kim Little.
- Example: Mbeumo then dipped a free-kick narrowly wide of the upright after Maxence Lacroix brought down Mads Roerslev 25 yards from goal.
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