Learn English Through Football Podcast: (to) Fizz Wide
In this week's football-language podcast we look at a verb phrase connected to shooting and passing in football. There is also a talk about surprising wins. We also look ahead to this weekend's football including one of the biggest
club rivalries in world football: Real Madrid
vs Barcelona. You can read the 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
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Hello
DF: You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to this week's football language podcast for learners of English who love the
beautiful game of football. My name is Damian and I am here in London where the weather is definitely autumnal - the leaves are changing colour and it is starting to get colder. What is the weather like where you are? And I wonder what the weather is like in Tokyo where the other member of the Learn English Through Football team, Damon, is based? Damon, how are things?’
DB: Hi Damian. Well I'm well, and like in London the weather here in Tokyo is very autumnal. There's a chill in the air and today is a grey and rainy. After the hot, hot summer, this weather is just perfect!
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DF: I'd also like to add that we have been having a couple of issues with our podcast feed this week. We are in contact with our hosts and hopefully we will be up and running again very soon!
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from a football fan in Malawi)
DF: And that message we just heard was from a football fan in Malawi. And thanks to friend of the show Gareth for helping us get that message. As always, we will have some more stingers or messages throughout the show in different languages - try and guess what they are. Of course, we'll let you know what they are at the end of the show. And please send us a message in your own language - just tell us that, 'You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast'.
Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Brazilian Portuguese)
DB: Right on today's show we will start with Damian talking about historic wins, big results that surprise the football world. After that, I'm going to talk about a phrase I read this week in a match report on the women's Nations League promotion/relegation play-off between Ireland and Belgium. The phrase was 'fizzing wide'.
And we'll finish with some predictions with a massive game in Spain and a match from the Premier League, featuring Damian's team Tottenham. So, let's kick off with Damian and 'historic win'.
