Learn English Through Football

In this football language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game, we look at some words and phrases from the final of the 2021 Copa Libertadores between Palmeiras and Flamengo. You can read a transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.
Learning English Through Football Podcast: 2021 Copa Libertadores Final Palmeiras vs Flamengo
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DF: Hello again everyone, this is Damian from the Languagecaster.com team and we hope you are all well. Now, on this extra football language podcast we feature some of the language used to describe the 2021 Copa Libertadores Final between two Brazilian sides Palmeiras and Flamengo which took place in the Estadio Monumental in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay this weekend. And so to do this, we use reports on the game from The Guardian (here in the UK) (November 27 2021) and from the BBC.
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See off/After Extra Time/Retain the title
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This is how the Associated Press reported on the final in their headline. The first verb is ‘to see off‘ which is another way of saying to defeat a team; so to see off someone or something is to overcome or beat an opponent; so in this example, Palmeiras defeated Flamengo in the final. The headline goes on to add information about this victory – it happened in extra time after the two sides drew 1-1 after 90 minutes and also the phrase ‘retain the title‘ which means to win the title for the second year running – Palmeiras defeated Santos in the 2020 final.