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all those who love the beautiful game of
football
and who want to improve their English language
skills.
My name is Damien, and, I am based
in London
where the weather is cold but bright.
Great weather to play and watch football.
Indeed,
I was playing 5 aside this morning,
and I'm a little sore at the moment.
We have a podcast from a couple of
years ago which looked at
words and phrases while playing football, which might
be useful to those who are playing the
game.
Here's a little quiz question for you about
one of these words which I heard today.
What does
square mean when playing football?
What does it mean if one of your
teammates
shouts this phrase?
And we'll have the answer at the end
of the show.
Now I wonder what the weather is like
in Tokyo, Japan where, of course, the other
member of the language caster team, Damon,
is based.
We'll be hearing from Damon later on in
the show when he gives us his predictions
for some of the big games this weekend,
including
the language caster derby.
That message was in Spanish.
We thought we'd include it this week as
2
Spanish speaking sides
have big wins this week.
Belle Sarsfield clinched the Argentinian
title,
their first title since 2013,
and Real Madrid
clinched the FIFA Intercontinental
Cup
after easily defeating Mexican side Pachuca
3 nil in Qatar.
This was the 9th time that Real Madrid
have won the World Cup title.
So congratulations
to both those sides.
So that stinger was in Spanish,
and we'll be hearing some more languages throughout
the show.
Try and guess which ones they are.
Don't worry. We'll give you the answers at
the end of the show.
Language caster.com.
Now what else do we have on today's
show? Well, we will look back at one
of the League Cup quarter final matches that
took place in England this week between Tottenham
and Manchester United.
The game finished 43 to the host, Tottenham,
in a game that had lots of attacking
football,
great goals, and lots of goalkeeping
errors.
And we'll be looking at some of the
language to describe these goalkeeping errors or
gaffes
later on.
We'll also take a look at the phrase
used to describe scoring
directly
from a corner,
And then we'll have this week's predictions, which
see some big games from the Premier League
as well as the top of the table
clash in Spain.
Goalkeeping gaffes.
Has there been a worse performance from 2
goalkeepers
in the same game ever?
This was the question from the former Liverpool
defender
and current TV pundit,
Jamie Carragher,
after the quarter final match between Tottenham and
Manchester United, which saw
7 goals.
4 of which were due to goalkeeping
errors.
So let's take a look at some of
the language around these goalkeeping
gaffes.
2nd choice keeper.
This means that neither keeper who played in
this game is the regular keeper for their
club.
But instead, they are the 2nd keeper or
2nd choice keeper.
Tottenham's 1st choice keeper, Picadio,
is injured, while the Manchester United number 1,
Onana,
was rested for this cup competition,
allowing United's 2nd choice,
Altai Bayindia,
to play instead.
Maybe having 2 second choice keepers
explained why there were so many errors in
the game.
To parry a
shot. Tottenham's opening goal from Solanke
came after the Manchester United keeper, Bayindia,
could not hold Porro's shot, and he pushed
the ball back out into the danger zone.
This is known as parrying the shot as
the keeper is unable to catch the ball
and has little control over where it will
go.
The parried ball
fell to Solanki
who then smashed it home.
It's always better for keepers to catch the
ball from a shot. Or if they can't
do that, then they should push the ball
away from the goal. To the sides would
be much better.
Caught on the ball.
Tottenham were comfortably leading 3 nil midway through
the second half when their keeper gave the
ball away twice
to bring United back into the game.
1st,
Forster played a poor pass to his defender,
which allowed United to score an easy tap
in. And then a few moments later, he
was caught on the ball by the United
forward, Ahmad.
Forster received the ball from his defender, but
took too long to control it, which allowed
the United player to close him down and
block the clearance.
And this clearance
went into the net.
2 really bad mistakes with his feet from
the keeper gave Manchester United
hope of a comeback.
These days, most keepers are very comfortable with
the ball at their feet, but Fraser Forster
is not so confident.
So Tottenham's plan of playing out from the
back does not always work when he is
in goal.
Failed to punch
clear.
In the 88th minute, it was the United
keeper's turn to make a goalkeeping
gaffe When he was beaten directly from a
corner, he could not punch the ball away
from his goal. He failed to punch the
ball away. He failed to punch the ball
clear,
allowing Tottenham to score again.
Overall,
a really poor night for the 2nd choice
goalkeepers
as they made some huge gaffes. They parried
shots,
failed to punch the ball clear, and were
caught on the ball.
Great fun for the neutral fan, but terrible
for fans of those clubs.
Tottenham captain Son Heung min scored the 4th
goal for Spurs in the 88th minute,
which helped his team to settle their nerves
and prevent United from making a dramatic comeback.
But what was really remarkable
about this goal was that the Tottenham and
South Korea captain
scored directly from a corner.
He curled the ball into the net straight
from the corner kick. The ball bent
into the top corner and over the Manchester
United keeper.
In English, we don't have a word or
expression for this kind of goal, but in
Spanish, they use the phrase, goal olympico,
as it seemed that one of the first
players to score this type of goal was
Cesario
Anzari,
who had played for Argentina
against the Olympic champions, Uruguay,
back in 1924.
So in English, we would just say that
a player has scored directly
from a corner.
But
we can also now hear an increasing number
of people using
the Spanish phrase,
Gola Olimpico or just Olimpico.
Do you have a word or phrase to
describe this kind of goal in your language?
Right. Next up is our predictions. And, on
this week's show, we have John,
a Hull City fan, giving us his predictions.
He went for a Liverpool win at Tottenham
and also saw Crystal Palace defeating Arsenal at
home.
He felt that Chelsea would be too good
for Everton
and that the big game in Spain would
be a goal fest, a 3 3 cracker.
Right. Let's hear what Damon thinks about this
weekend's matches.
Cheers, Damien. Hi, everyone. Okay. We've got some
great games coming up this weekend
and here are my predictions. Let's start in
the Premier League with a London Derby.
South versus North, Crystal Palace versus Arsenal.
I think Arsenal have hit their stride,
are in good form, and will win this
quite easily, 2 nil.
Next, we've got a Midlands team, Aston Villa,
hosting the in crisis Manchester City.
Usually, this would be a tough game at
Villa Park, but their home form this season
has been a bit shaky. I'm going for
a 2 one away win for City.
Now Spain,
Barcelona
versus Atletico Madrid, 1st versus second. And also
there's the rivalry between the cities.
Atletico
have been in great form, and I think
they will cause the leaders difficulties
and hold them to a one one draw.
Let's return to the Premier League with the
early Sunday game seeing Chelsea visit Merseyside
and take on Everton.
I can't see past the Chelsea win, although
the Blues have a poor record at Goodison
Park,
Everton's ground.
2 nil to the Londoners.
And finally, the language cast of derby, my
team, Liverpool visiting Damien's Tottenham,
another merseyside team versus a London side.
Tottenham will go into this game after a
victory in the League Cup where they scored
4.
They also let in 3. So I think
Liverpool will score.
Can the Reds keep Tottenham's forwards quiet?
I think they can. And I think and
hope
this will be a 1 nil win for
Liverpool.
Last season's visit to Tottenham was not a
happy one for Liverpool.
2 red cards and a perfectly okay goal
disallowed.
A little bit of revenge would be good.
A win won't clinch the title,
but it will keep Liverpool at the top
of the league going into the Christmas and
New Year fixtures.
Those are my predictions. I wonder what Damien
thinks.
And how about you, listener?
Some interesting predictions there, Damon. I am not
confident about this weekend's match as we are
missing ten
first team players,
including our center halves and goalkeeper.
So probably expect more goalkeeping gaps in this
game.
I would be happy with a draw,
but think we might get well beaten.
3, 1, or more to the visitors.
Hello. My name's John. I'm from Hull. Nice
Hull City fan. You're listening to language caster.com.
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Thanks for that message, which was in Korean.
I wonder if there is a word for
in Korean.
We also heard some stingers in Vietnamese,
Spanish,
Dutch,
Irish, and French, and, of course, a message
from a Hull City fan. And they are
currently in the championship,
by the way, here in England.
How many of those languages did you guess
right?
And here's the answer to the quiz question
we asked at the start of the show
about words and phrases we use while playing
football.
We asked what the meaning of square is.
This is what we said in our podcast
from a couple of years ago.
Square. This is what you say to a
teammate when you are standing to their left
or right,
I e, beside them, and you want them
to pass to you. You can also say
square it where it means the ball.
So well done if you knew that one.
Listen out for the phrase square or square
ball, and maybe let us know how this
is said in another language that you know.
Thanks everyone for listening today. We looked at
some phrases around goalkeeping errors or gaffes
including
second choice,
failed to punch clear, and also caught on
the ball.
Let us know if you hear these expressions
in any language during the next week of
football.
And don't forget there's a transcript for this
podcast with lots of vocabulary support for you,
and you can read the transcript to this
show while listening.
Enjoy all the football this week, and we'll
be back early next week with a new
football language expression.
Bye bye.