The Champions League quarter finals are underway with controversial decisions, injuries and some sublime football. Brazilian teams are doing well in the South American equivalent of the Champions League, the Copa Libertadores, while qualifying for the Women’s World Cup in 2011 in Germany has held another round of games. Boca bomb in Argentia and Leeds are beginning to choke in England as the end of season approaches. These and many other news stories all feature in this week’s languagecaster.com’s football podcast. For more football news come to our site, read the posts and check out our links section.
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PREDICTION
This week’s featured match is Manchester United v ChelseaA – a top of the table clash in the Premier League
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FOOTBALL CLICHE
To run your socks off
This cliché is used when a team or an individual player is seen to work very hard during a game. The expression is often used with the verb a€˜worka€™ as in he worked his socks off throughout the game. Indeed, this phrase is synonymous with certain types of battling midfield players such as Steven Gerrard or formerly Roy Keane who often run their socks off to get their teams back into a game. If a team works their socks off it means that they battled hard and did not give up. To work your socks off.
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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:
Which country has had the most winning teams in the Champions League?
a. Germany
b. Spain
c. England
d. Italy
Answer next week.
The answer to last week’s question, ‘Which team has won most Mexican titles since the championship was reformed in 1996?’ The answer is c – UNAM.
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