Learn English Through Football

In this football language podcast Damian looks back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the 2023 Copa Libertadores final between Fluminense and Boca Juniors in the Maracanã Stadium Brazil. In particular, he looks at the phrases, ‘  ‘ Don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
 
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2023 Copa Libertadores Final Review – Fluminense v Boca Juniors
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DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners and teachers of English. I’m Damian and I’m based here in London where the weather has been very wet indeed – storms, floods and heavy rain for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully the weather has been good where you are.
Now, apologies for no podcasts from me over the past couple of weeks but as a teacher the start of term is always a busy time. But the other member of the Languagecaster team, Damon, has been posting some wonderful football-language podcasts, including the phrase ‘Orange card’, the nickname of the Everton football team – ‘the Toffees‘ and most recently he explained the expression ‘bundle home‘. So come along to our site here at Languagecaster.com and give them a listen. You can of course also subscribe to our football-language podcasts and if you already do then thank you so much indeed.
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Vocabulary
Now on this podcast I am going to be looking back at some of the words and phrases from the 2023 Copa Libertadores final between Fluminense and Boca Juniors that took place this weekend. But before we look back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the Copa Libertadores final let’s take a look at some of the key words you might hear.

* After extra time (AET): An extra 30 minutes are added on to the game when teams have drawn after 90 minutes – this time is added on in order to find a winner and this is used in cup games not in league games.
* Open the scoring (Broke the deadlock): The deadlock is when there has been no score so to break the deadlock means to score the first goal of the game.