Learn English Through Football

On this week’ s Learn English Through Football Podcast we’ve got lots of football language for those who love football and want to improve their English language skills. We’ll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, feature some English phrases used in football, and look ahead to some of the big games in the Premier League including Manchester United versus Liverpool. There is a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damon=DB; Damian=DF).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 FA Cup 6th Round and Champions League Draw


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Transcript of the show
DB: You are listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello and welcome to the show for all those who love the game of football and who want to improve their English skills too. My name’s Damon and I’m based in Tokyo, and down the line, hopefully in London is Damian. Damian, how are you?
DF: Hello Damon and hello to everyone – I hope you are all well and looking forward to the football this weekend. Well, the weather here is not too bad here at the moment; it’s been Spring-like over the past couple of days but it looks like more snow is on its way again! Damon, what do you think of the Champions League draw?
DB: Well, UEFA will be happy that the big guns have  been kept apart – I’m talking about Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona. A bit of shame for my team Liverpool to be drawn against the other English side City. It looks as though I’ll have to wait for the semi finals for Liverpool to get a glamour tie! talking about glamour, what’s on the show?
Line up
DF: Well on this week’s show we are first going to take a look back at some of the football news from the week in the good, the bad and the ugly, and after that we will anwer some of our listeners’ questions, before explaining a football phrase from the week. After that we have a quiz question which this week is all about Manchester United and Brighton in the FA Cup and then we finish off the show with some predictions.
You’re listening to languagecaster.com (in Italian) 
DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Italian. Right, next up is the good, the bad and the ugly where we look back at some of the big football news from the week. Remember that we have a full transcript of the whole podcast if you come along to languagecaster.com. And, if you like our podcast why not visit iTunes and leave a review or rating!
OK, Damian , what was good from the world of football this week?
Good
DF: Well, I suppose I could say Sevilla after their 2-1 away win at Old Trafford in the last 16 of the Champions League, which saw the Andalucian side qualify for the quarter-finals. But instead I am going to talk about Leo