Here are some of the words and phrases that we used on this week’s show
Check out the BBC’s football vocabulary page here
e.g. The World Cup qualifiers have started in South America.
- on the bench – to be a substitute
Shevchenko is still on the bench for Chelsea and is upset
- call girl – a prostitute
Trentino 1921 are being sponsored by a local call girl business.
- centenary – 100 year anniversary
Ancona celebrated their centenary recently.
- red-hot favourites – no one believes that the team will lose
Bayern are red-hot favourites to win the Bundesliga.
- bucket loads of goals – lots of goals scored
Klose and Toni have scored a bucket loads of goals for Bayern this season.
- concede goals – allow goals to go in against you
Bremen are conceding a lot of goals at the moment.
- promoted – moved from one division to a higher division
Karlsruhe were promoted last year to the top division in Germany.
- yo-yo club – a team that goes up and then down to the division below
West Ham are a bit of a yo-yo club.
- finding their feet – becoming accustomed to, get used to
Both teams are still finding their feet in the Bundesliga
- looking rosy – looking good, positive
It’s not looking rosy for German teams at the moment in the Champions League.
- knocked out – eliminated from the competition
Tonga have been knocked out of the World Cup already.
- spots – places in a competition
There are 31 spots available in the World Cup.
- play-off – a winner-take-all game, i.e. the winner goes to the finals.
The winner of Oceania plays the 5th team in Asia in a play-off.
- hosts – the country that holds the competition
South Africa are the hosts for the next World Cup.
- preliminary match – a match to decide which team qualifies that is held at the start of the competition.
There are 2 preliminary matches being held in Africa this weekend.
- gruelling – very tough
The South American qualifying competition is extremely gruelling.
- to be sewn up – already decided
It seems that the Bundesliga is already sewn up.
- double blow – hit twice, suffer twice
Liverpool scored late to prevent Spurs winning and give Damon a perfect prediction – a double blow for Damian
- to blitz – to destroy, to beat someone easily
Lazio were blitzed by Milan 5-1.
- To take apart – to beat easily, play very well.
Barcelona took Atletico Madrid apart 3-0.
- bogey team – a team that always does well against another team
River are becoming Boca’s bogey team – they may have the sign over them.
- flying high – doing well
Scotland are flying high at the moment
- to shoot themselves in the foot – to make a silly mistake
Will Scotland shoot themselves in the foot and not beat Ukraine.
- to get stuffed – to be beaten badly
Damon thinks Ireland will get stuffed by Germany.
- the reverse fixture – the previous game between the two teams
Spain beat Denmark in the reverse fixture so the Danes are looking for revenge.
- to be suspended – cannot play because of bad behaviour.
Chile have many players missing as they are suspended.
- artificial pitch – a plastic pitch with no grass
Russia play England on an artificial pitch.
- to be thumped – to be beaten badly
I think they will be thumped by Sweden.
- first leg – the first of two matches
Thailand won the first leg 6-1.
