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Every day during the 2010 World Cup, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché connected to this summer’s tournament. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts – we have lots of World Cup resources too. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
Today’s World Cup Phrase of the Day is scapegoat. A scapegoat is someone that is blamed for an other’s mistake. Originally used to refer to a goat that was sacrificed to pay for people’s sins. Yesterday, England were hammered by a technically superior German team that was full of imagination, verve and self-belief. However, many in the English tabloid press are blaming the referee and his linesman for not allowing an England goal that would have made the scores 2-2. The media are making the officials scapegoats for England’s poor performance. The fact is that England lost because they were not good enough. The English media should stop looking for scapegoats.
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