Learn English Through Football

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Champions League Final Preview: This week’s football-language podcast looks ahead to the Champions League final between PSG and Bayern Munich which takes place this weekend. We also explain some football language from the week and we finish up with some predictions. 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! 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 then you can email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF).
Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2020 Champions League Final Preview
Introduction
DF: You are listening to the Learn English through Football Podcast. Hello everyone, we hope you are all well, my name is Damian and welcome to another podcast for fans of football who wish to improve their English language skills. Now, regular listeners to the show will know that I am based in London while our other host Damon is in Tokyo – and…but it is just me today as I preview the Champions League final. Damon will be back early on in the week to look back at the big game between PSG and Bayern Munich.
Line up
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DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in French. Send us a message in your language too – just contact us here at admin@languagecaster.com. And please think about supporting what we do via patreon.com/languagecaster.
Right, on today’s show we are going to review some of the language from the past week in football, we also look ahead to the Champions League final between Paris and Bayern Munich and we also have some predictions.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in German)
Polls
DF: Now, just before we start our football review of the week, a quick reminder about some of the polls we are running this week, including which teams are going to win the Champions League for both men and women – you can also see how well (or not) our listeners did with their predictions for the Europa League.

* Who will win the 2020 Champions League? 
* Who will win the 2020 Women’s Champions League?

DF: OK, next up we review the football news from the week and don’t forget that you can read along while listening to the podcast by coming along to languagecaster and accessing the transcript to the show – complete with vocabulary support.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Irish).

Football News: Good
DF: Well done to Spanish side Sevilla who won their sixth Europa League title after defeating Serie A runners-up Inter Milan 3-2 in the final on Friday night in Cologne. Sevilla came from behind ...