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- Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below and listening to the audio.
- You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here.
- This post also features in our podcast show, along with a main report and our weekly predictions.
(to)A Want it more
If a team gives a disappointing performance and loses a match, a player or manager may give many reasons. It could be a refereeing decision, a lucky goal, or today’s weekly football phrase, the other team (they) wanted it more. The ‘it‘ refers to the win, winning the match, and so they wanted it more means that the opposition had more passion than the losing team; the losing team’s players didn’t put enough effort or fight into their performance. To want it more. (see also our cliche post – they wanted it more)
- Example: a€œAgainst an okay team, we made it easy for them. I expected us to win. Ita€™s very disappointing. They wanted it more. (Steven Gerrard talking about Liverpool’s loss against Basel)
- Example: The player headed home after good work by the captain set him up. .