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Turkey and Germany win dramatic quarter finals to set up a semi final that few would have predicted. Who will play in the other one? Damon asks some football fans their verdict. We also look back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the football news and introduce a football expression in English for Football and continue the languagecaster predictions competition.
English football phrase: Never say die
Today’s English for football phrase is never say die or have a never say die attitude. Now, to never say die means never give up, always keep trying, don’t admit defeat. It’s a very positive way of thinking and it’s used in sport and football to describe a team or a player with a great fighting spirit. You can say a team has a never say die attitude. Attitude means way of thinking, so to have a never say die attitude means your character or personality never gives up. In the Euro 2008 Championships one team has stood out as having a never say die attitude, and that team is of course Turkey. With two remarkable come from behind victories against the Czech Republic – scoring 3 goals in the last 15 minutes, and against Croatia last night with a last-gasp equaliser sending the game to penalties. Never say die!
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