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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Champions and Europa League Finals Tournaments

August 10, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast – 2020 Champions and Europa League Finals Tournament: This week’s football-language podcast looks ahead to the Champions League and the Europa League tournaments that are being played in Portugal and Germany over the next two weeks. We look at some of the language involved in these two competitions including words and phrases around the format, some of the new rules and of course ways of describing the games themselves. We also review some of the other football news from the week, discuss some newspaper headlines, ask a football-language quiz question, introduce some new polls, offer some predictions and of course explain some of the language that has emerged from the football world this week.

Poll: Who will win the 2019-20 Champions League?

July 20, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

Poll: Who will win the 2019-20 Champions League? This season’s Champions League re-starts on August 7th when the first two of the four remaining second leg matches from the last-16 take place – Juventus host Lyon and newly-crowned La Liga champions Real Madrid try to overturn a 2-1 deficit in Manchester.

Football Language Podcast: El Clásico 2020

March 1, 2020 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast – El Clásico 2020: Some huge games this week, with el Clásico in La Liga, Juventus versus Inter in Italy, the League Cup final in England and the ‘derby’ between Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace! In this show we discuss the football language phrase ‘under the cosh’, as well as some of the news from the football world this week, including some of the Champions League games that took place. There’s also a football language quiz question and some predictions at the end of the show.

Football Language Podcast: 2019-20 Champions League Last 16

February 16, 2020 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019-20 Champions League Last 16: English Through Football Podcast – 2019-20 Champions League Last 16: The Champions League returns after a two-month break with the first four games from the last 16 being played on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. In this podcast we look ahead to all the matches taking place in the knock-out stage and offer a prediction or two!

Languagecaster Predictions: 2019-20 Champions League Group Stage – Liverpool vs Napoli

November 24, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

2019-20 Champions League Group Stage – Liverpool vs Napoli: Welcome to the tenth week of the 2019-20 Languagecaster Predictions Competition and this week we feature some of the big games from this week’s Champions League qualifiers – the fifth set of matches.

English Through Football Podcast: 2019-20 Champions League – Tottenham v Crvena Zvezda

October 26, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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…looks back at the Champions League game between Tottenham and Crvena Zvezda and looks at language connected to the phrase to turn the corner.

Football Language Podcast: From the Archive – 2018 Champions League Final – The Good, the Bad , and the Ugly

May 31, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: From the Archive – 2015 Champions League Pre and Post Match

May 31, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Football Language Podcast: From the Archive – 2013 Champions League Final Words

May 29, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Continuing with our Champions League Final week countdown we take a look back at the all-German final from 2013 when Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. In this podcast we looked at five key words from the match…

Learning English Through Football Podcast: 2017-18 – CL Groups

August 27, 2017 by grell Leave a Comment

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On this week’s show Damon and Damian discuss some of the news related to the Champions League (CL) groups, which were announced last Thursday. There are also some football phrases discussed, related to penalties and the awarding of yellow and red cards – harsh and clear cut. The show finishes with a look at three of the big games in the Premier League in week 3 of the season.

2017 Champions League Predictions

June 3, 2017 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

2017 Champions League Predictions: Can Real Madrid win their 12th European Cup/Champions League title this weekend? Can they retain the title they won last year?

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2016 Champions League Final

May 30, 2016 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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On this week’s learning English through football podcast we look back at the 2016 Champions League final that took place in Milan between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid and which saw Real win their 11th European Cup/Champions League title in dramatic circumstances.

Listening Practice Report: 2016 Champions League Preview

May 28, 2016 by Learn English through Football 1 Comment

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2016 Champions League Preview: This weekend in Milan sees the final of the Champions League between two rivals from Madrid: Atlético and Real

Main Listening Report: The Two Big European Cup Competitions

May 15, 2016 by grell Leave a Comment

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Listening Report: CL Football Crests

April 30, 2016 by grell 1 Comment

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Languagecaster Predictions: Ruhr Derby and the 2016 Champions League Quarter-finals

April 8, 2016 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

On this week’s predictions battle we feature all four of the second leg matches from the Champions League quarter-finals.

Learn English Through Football: Champions League – up for grabs!

November 28, 2015 by grell Leave a Comment

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On this week’s languagecaster podcast we focus on the last 16 places up for grabs in the Champions League in our main listening practice section

Listening Practice: The Champions League – Last Games

November 28, 2015 by grell Leave a Comment

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A month ago, we took a look at the Champions League groups after two games. Now, all teams have played five or the six group games and we review the current situation.