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English Through Football Podcast – May 2020: Bundesliga Week 2: Football in the Bundesliga has been back for over a week now and on this show, we take a look at some of the language connected with one of these Bundesliga matches from the week – the Berlin derby between Hertha and Union. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the file below – you can also subscribe and listen to all our football-language podcasts – there are hundreds of them dating from way back in 2006! You can improve your English by reading the transcript as you listen, or if you are a teacher of English you can use the transcript to make several listening and/or reading activities for your learners. If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF/Damon=DB).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: May 2020 – Bundesliga Week 2

Introduction
DB: You’re listening to languagecaster.com’s Learn English Through Football Podcast – the podcast for all fans of football and those wanting to improve their English language skills. We hope you are well and staying safe. My name is Damon and I’m based in Tokyo, which is finally enjoying some sun after a wet week. Down the line in London is Damian. Damian, did you watch any of the Bundesliga games this past week?
DF: Hello Damon and hello to everyone listening, wherever you are, and I hope you are doing well in these difficult times. Well, what football have I watched this week? I watched Bayern Munich easily beat Eintracht Frankfurt side 5-2 – a strange game that saw Bayern race into an easy 3-0 lead before a brace from Austrian defender Martin Hinteregger brought Frankfurt back into the game. However, Bayern moved up another gear and scored two more thanks to poor defensive play from the visitors’ defence including an own goal from Martin Hinteregger. I also saw the top-of-the-table clash between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen which was a really good game which Leverkusen won 3-1 to leapfrog (that’s go over or replace) Mönchengladbach into third place. They are in really good form and their young striker Kai Havertz scored his second double in a week – another really good player in the Bundesliga. How about you Damon, did you see any games?
DB: I’m afraid not. I’m still in football lockdown. I had to make do with highlights as I couldn’t get the games on my usual channels. I’ll have to check out some different ways this week. It’d be great to watch some football again!
DF: That’s a pity but yesterday we heard that La Liga – the Spanish league – has decided to restart from June, I think it’s the 10th so you might be able to watch that soon and of course the Premier League here in England is also hoping to start playing again in June.
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Line up
DB: Now, I didn’t see any live football but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it and on today’s show we’ll focus the game between Hertha Berlin vs Berlin Union and Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt. We’ve also got a football language question, and this one is connected with scoring goals, while we also have some predictions.
DF: OK,