Learn English Through Football

What a week in the Champions League quarter-final second legs! We take a look at some of the stories from those games in this week’s Learn English Through Football Podcast. We have a tricky quiz question, and also introduce some English for football phrases, including ‘to suffer a defeat‘. We also have some exciting games to look forward to in our predictions section including Tottenham v Manchester City, at the end of the show. 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, Damon=DB).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Tottenham versus Manchester City


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Transcript of the show
DB: You are listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hi there everyone! Welcome to the show for all those who love football and wish to improve their English skills. My name is Damon and I live in Tokyo where spring has sprung and more importantly, my team’s season kicked off this weekend! Football, don’t you just love it! Down the line in London is Damian, and I wonder how he is doing? Damian? How are things?
DF: Hello Damon and hello to all our listeners. Well done on your first game of the season, how did it go?
DB:2-0 victory!
DF: Did you score?
DB: I’m a right back! No, I didn’t.
DF: Well done for the clean sheet though.
DB: Yes.
DF: Well, finally spring has arrived here in London too with blue skies and sunshine this morning. Ah, finally! What a week of football we have had so far…
DB: Indeed.
DF: …the quarter-finals of the two European competitions, that’s the Champions League and the Europa League were amazing – and there are some huge games taking place this weekend too including the Ruhr derby in Germany, the Rome derby in Italy, the Old Firm derby in Scotland, a top-of-the-table clash in Portugal, Man City against Tottenham – wow! Talking of which, Damon, did you watch the Liverpool v Manchester City Champions League second leg?
DB: Oh I did – from behind the sofa! It was nail-biting stuff, but I’m bloody well over the moon, the Reds are through to the semis, even if they face a tricky tie against AS Roma.
DF: Yes, all games at this stage of the competition are goin...