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Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup and Wales lose 2-0 to Iran. We look at some language describing the result, including the phrase 'first hurdle'.
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In this football language post for learners of English who love the beautiful game, we look at the phrase ‘to cough up‘. Check...
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English Through Football Podcast - World Cup 1982 Brazil vs Italy: In this podcast we continue with our reviews of some of the great World...
Football Language: Son Heung-min's Return to Goalscoring (2022-23): We look at some language describing Son Heung-min's return to...
This week saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenomeno, Ronaldo.
In this football language post we look at the football expression 'heavy defeat' which is used when one team is beaten badly in a game.
In this football language post for learners of English we look at the football expression 'play down their title chances' which is often...
‘To drill’: In this football language post, we focus on one goal in the game between England and Northern Ireland at the...
‘To seal‘: we look at this verb, which is used especially in tournaments, in this short football language post. Read the...
In this football language post for learners of English we look at the football expression 'angled drive' which is a type of shot on goal.
In this football language post we explain the phrase, 'Europa Conference League', the latest European domestic club competition.
In this football language post we explain a phrase that has been in the news quite a lot this week in England, 'pitch invasion'
In this post we explain the phrase 'deft touch' which is used in football to describe a piece of skill from a player.
On this week's main listening report we look at relegation and the language used to describe it.
This football language podcast looks at the language of football used to describe a goal kin the FA Cup Semi Final last weekend - to dwell...
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In this post we explain the cliche ‘to throw the kitchen sink’ which is used in football to describe a game in which one side...
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Heavy metal football is a phrase used by Jurgen Klopp in 2013. It is often used to describe fast, exciting football.
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We explain the phrase 'stripped of the captaincy' which has been in the news this week because of the Arsenal player Aubameyang
In this football language post we look at the phrase 'rainbow laces' which has been in the news over the past week thanks to the...
In this post, we explain an expression sometimes used in football, especially when a game is postponed, 'snowed off'
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