Learn English Through Football

This week’s football-language podcast looks back at the Champions League quarter-final first legs and the big derbies taking place over the weekend in the Premier League. We also have a quiz question, explain a new football expression – overhead kick – and try our hand at some predictions. For those wishing to improve their English, there’s a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Manchester and Merseyside Derbies


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Transcript of the show
DF: You are listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to the show for all those who love football and wish to improve their English skills. My name is Damian and I am here in a sunny London – maybe Spring is here at last – and for this week’s podcast it will just be me as Damon, who of course is based in Tokyo, is busy with the start of term there.
Line up
DF: Now our regular listeners will now that we usually start with a review of the football news in the good, the bad and the ugly and this week we will be looking back at the Champions League quarter-final matches that took place in mid-week. We then have a quiz question which this week is connected to the Manchester derby. After that we will explain a new football expression, this week it’s all about Ronaldo, while we finish with some predictions, including the Merseyside and Manchester derbies.
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Good
DF: Right, let me kick off with some good news from the world of football this week. First of all, well done to Bayern Munich who followed up their 2-1 away win over Sevilla in the first leg of their quarter-final of the Champions League to also win at Augsburg on Saturday to claim this year’s Bundesliga title. This is the Bavarian side’s sixth league title in a row and they are also in the semi-final of the German cup which means that remarkably they could win a treble under manager Jupp Heynckes for the second time. Of course, it was also good for Liverpool as they over-powered Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final to give them a great chance to make it through against one of the favourites for the title.