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Day forty, the last day. at the 2026 World Cup and on for thisWorld Cup language podcast episode we look at the verb phrase 'knock backl' and how it is connected with the 2026 World Cup final.
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It's day 39 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase: Bronze final.
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Day thirty eight at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase 'to sit back' and how it was used in the England v Argentina semi-final match.
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It's day 32 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the Spain versus France semi-final match: To sink an opponent.
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Day thirty one at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase 'to overturn' and how it was used in the England v Norway quarter-final match.
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It's day 30 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the Spain versus Belgium quarter-final match: Come off the bench to score.
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Day twenty nine at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the verb phrase to tee up and how it was used in the France v Morocco quarter final.
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It's day 27 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the Argentina versus Egypt last-16 game: Complete the comeback.
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Day twenty six at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the verb phrase 'to dump out of' and its use in the Beligium vs USA last 16 match.
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It's day 25 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the thrilling match between hosts Mexico and England in the last 16: Hold out
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Day twenty four at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase stubborn defence from the France v Paraguay last 16 match.
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It's day 23 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the remarkable game between holders Argentina and Cape Verde: 'scrape past'
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Day twenty two at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase breeze past and the Spain v Austria match in the Round of 32.
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It's day 19 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the Belgium versus Senegal last-32 match which Belgium dramatically won: 'advance to the last 16'
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Day twenty at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase sweep aside and the France v Sweden game.
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It's day 19 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase from the Germany versus Paraguay last-32 match: 'win a shoot out'
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Day eighteen at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase stoppage time from the first knockout game of the tournament.
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Today's World Cup language podcast we look at a phrase to describe when one team defeats another team: 'see off an opponent'.
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Day sixteen at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at a football phrase connected with goalkeeping, which is 'to spill the ball'.
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It's day 15 of the 2026 World Cup and on today's World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase 'results go their way'.
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Day ten at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at an important football phrase in tournaments, which is 'goal difference'.
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It's day 13 of the 2026 World Cup and Ronaldo finally arrived at the tournament. We look at a phrase that came from his match for Portugal against Uzbekistan after he scored twice: ends his goal drought.
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Day ten at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the verb phrase 'to shrug off' and how we can use it to talk about Argentina v Austria.
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It's day 11 of the 2026 World Cup and Cape Verde continue to surprise - this time drawing with Uruguay 2-2. We will explain the phrase 'thumping strike' from that game.
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Day ten at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase 'a statement win' and the Netherlands versus Sweden match.
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Day nine of the 2026 World Cup saw one of the dark horses, Turkey, knocked out of the competition and we are going to look at the phrases, 'one-way traffic' and 'eliminate'.
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Day eight at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the the match between Czechia and South Africa and the noun 'a gift' used, in this case to talk about a refereeing decision.
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Re-taken penalty: Day seven of the 2026 World Cup saw some of the World Cup favourites in action and in this podcast we look at the phrase 'retaken penalty' from one of those games: England vs Croatia.
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Day six at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the noun 'a stunner' from the France versus Senegal match.
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Held to a draw: Day five of the 2026 World Cup was a day of draws as all four games ended in draws. We look at the phrase 'held to a draw' from one of those games: Cape Verde against Spain
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Day four at the 2026 World Cup saw some interesting matches. On this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase to run riot and the Germany v Curaçao match.
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Day three of the 2026 World Cup saw Brazil enter the tournament and on today's World Cp language podcast we take a look at a phrase from Brazil's game against Morocco: to lob over the keeper. We'll also talk a little about our predictions competition.
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Day two at the 2026 World Cup with matches in Canada and the US. On this World Cup language post we look at the noun ‘a brace'
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The 2026 World Cup kicked off in Mexico yesterday and on this World Cup language post we look at the phrase, 'to be dismissed' after three players were shown a red card in the opening game.
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The men’s World Cup starts this week and in this week's football-language podcast we look at some language to describe the favourites, the dark horses and the flops from the 2026 World Cup tournament. We will also offer some predictions for the tournament. We also have an online worksheet for this listening.
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The men’s World Cup starts on June 11th and in this week's football-language podcast we look at some of the numbers behind the tournament in our first preview of the tournament. We will also talk about language of predictions before the tournament starts.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at some phrases connected with choosing squads for the World Cup, including 'to be on the plane'. We will also look at some predictions from this weekend's big games, including Tottenham versus Everton and West Ham taking on Leeds.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look back at some football phrases from the 2026 World Cup play-off finals, including, 'miss out on' after Italy's surprise defeat against Bosnia
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In this football phrase of the week we look at the pverb phrasehrase 'skied it'. This phrase can be used to describe shooting or a shot.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at some football phrases from the 2026 World Cup play-off games, including, 'reach the final'.
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In this football language podcast we look back at some of the language from the final of th 2023 Women's World Cup.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language from the 2026 World Cup draw that took place in Washington at the weekend and in particular we will explain the phrase, 'to be drawn'.
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In this football phrase of the week we look at some language from the recent 2026 World Cup qualifier between Hungary and Ireland, including 'at the death' and 'hanging on'
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language connected to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the phrase, 'group decider'.
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In this football phrase of the week we look at expressions connected to the word 'qualify', including 'claim a spot' after the recent 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at a phrase connected to qualifying for a competition or tournament: book their place after some recent 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at the word, 'qualify' and how it has been used this week after some of the World Cup qualifiers.
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In this week's football-language podcast we look at the phrase, 'to mark a debut', which we can use to talk about England vs Albania's World Cup qualifier.
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In this football language podcast we look at some language from non-league football, including 'capacity crowd', as well as some football language from some of the recent 2026 World Cup qualifiers, including 'turn the ball into the net'.
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In this football language podcast we look at some language from the recent 2026 World Cup qualifiers from both the South American and Asian regions.
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In this football language podcast we look back at some of the language from the recent international break...
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In this football language podcast we look back at some of the big moments from the opening weekend of the 2023-24 Premier League season, while we also feature the 2023 Women's World Cup which is down to the semi-final stage.
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2023 Women's World Cup Preview: In this podcast we preview the 2023 Women's World Cup by looking at some of the favourites, dark horses and
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In this football language podcast we look ahead to the 2023 Women's World Cup which starts in two weeks by looking at some of the numbers...
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Today’s World Cup language podcast looks back at some of the language from the 2022 World Cup final. We’ll be looking at some phrases from The Guardian newspaper report on the extraordinary final including, ‘on penalties‘; ‘unplayable‘ and ‘side-on volley‘. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out […]
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In this football language post we look at three newspaper headlines from the final of the 2022 World Cup; all of which focus on Argentinian captain Leo Messi. You can see more newspaper headlines here and don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary. If you have questions or […]
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrases, 'to play in' and 'to go behind' from the sem-finals
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at the quarter-final match between Argentina and Netherlands which the South American side won on penalties.
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'Panenka' which was used when describing Morocco's penalty shoot-out win against...
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In this football language post we look at three newspaper headlines about the England 3-0 win over AFCON champions Senegal in the last-16.
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'coast past' which was used to describe the French victory against Poland
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'march into the quarter-finals' which was used after the Dutch victory over the USA
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In this World Cup language podcast we look at a football phrase from Day 13 - (to) flick on from the Serbia versus Switzerland match.
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This World Cup language podcast focuses on the phrase, ‘cut the ball back’, which describes the build up to a goal in the Japan vs Spain match. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, and make sure visit our huge glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our […]
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Newspaper Headlines: Germany Exit in VAR Controversy - In this football language post we look at a newspaper headline from The Telegraph...
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Today’s World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, ‘a peach of a free kick‘ which was used to describe the second Mexican goal in their 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our […]
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Day 10 of the 2022 World Cup and the last games in Groups A and B. We look the phrase ‘side footer’ and the game between Senegal and Ecuador. 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 […]
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Day 9 of the 2022 World Cup and Cameroon and Serbia had a cracker. We look at a football phrase from the game, ‘to scoop‘. 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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Day 7 of the 2022 World Cup saw some real drama as Argentina had to win to stay in the competition and win they did after two second-half goals defeated a poor Mexico side.
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In this World Cup newspaper headline from the Guardian newspaper, 'Football 0 Soccer 0' after the USA and England drew 0-0...
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Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup and Wales lose 2-0 to Iran. We look at some language describing the result, including the phrase 'first hurdle'.
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Day 5 of the 2022 World Cup and Brazil open their tournament with a win over Serbia and a wonder-goal from Richarlison. In this podcast we look at a description of his goal from an Eurosport report which used the word: ‘scissor kick‘. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can […]
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In this football language post we look at the newspaper headline from the Guardian newspaper,'Brazil have liftoff thanks to Richarlison'
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Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup saw the African champions Senegal win their first match of these finals after defeating Qatar 3-1 - a result that saw
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Thumping Strike – This is a short teaching / learning activity based on listening and a football phrase from the World Cup – thumping strike. Download the attached PDF for details. For teachers, it can be a short warm up, filler, and a relevant (as in the World Cup is going on now!) activity or […]
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Thumping Strike: Day 4 of World Cup 2022 and explain the language describing the Japanese goal including the words, 'tight angle'; 'thumping'
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Languagecaster Predictions Day 4: Japan Shock Germany and Spain Thrash Costa Rica - Yet more shocks as Japan come from behind to beat Germany
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In this football language newspaper headline, we look at the expression, 'Saudi Stunner: Argentina Floored in Seismic Shock'
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Day 3 of the World Cup and we've seen one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history as Saudi Arabia came from behind to defeat Argentina...
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This is a short teaching / learning activity based on listening and the One Love armband story in the World Cup news. Download the attached PDF for details. For teachers, it can be a short warm up, filler, and a relevant (as in the World Cup is going on now!) activity or you can expand […]
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It’s day three of the 2022 World Cup and the biggest shock so far – maybe even of the tournament itself – is that Saudi Arabia, ranked 51 in the world, defeated joint favourites for the trophy Argentina. They even did it by coming from behind and the winning goal was a stunner. Not one […]
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Day 2 of the World Cup saw three matches being played: one from Group A and the other two from Group B, including Wales against The USA and it is this game that we feature in today’s football language podcast. We explain the classic football cliche, ‘a game of two halves‘. You can read the […]
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In this football language newspaper headline from the i-newspaper, we look at the expression,'One Love on the Pitch but Disharmony off it'...
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Languagecaster Predictions: Day 2 England v Iran & Netherlands v Senegal - Day two of the 2022 World Cup with six teams playing their...
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On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups E-H. Check out the preview for E-H here. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, there is also a worksheet, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here […]
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We look back at the opening game of the 2022 World Cup between hosts Qatar and Ecuador and explain the phrases ‘totally outplayed‘ and ‘on paper‘ which both came from the BBC report on the game. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing […]
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The 2022 World Cup has kicked off and hosts Qatar were well beaten by Ecuador 2-0 in the opening game.
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On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups A-D
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The 2022 World Cup is about to start and once again the Languagecaster team is organising a Predictions Competition.
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Fitness Concerns: On this football language podcast, we look ahead to the 2022 World Cup and at some of the players who may miss out...
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2022 World Cup Mexican Fan: On this football language podcast we hear more predictions for the 2022 World Cup; this time from a Mexican fan...
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Football Language Podcast: 2022 World Cup Predictions - Wales and Ecuador Fans: We hear from three fans and their predictions for the 2022 World Cup winners, flops, dark horses and Golden Boot
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English Through Football Podcast - World Cup 1982 Brazil vs Italy: In this podcast we continue with our reviews of some of the great World Cup matches by looking at the 1982 second round Group C match between Brazil and Italy. This is another game from the #WorldCupAtHome series from FIFA.com in which we review some of the words and phrases used to describe this wonderful match, while we also go over what happened in the rest of the 1982 competition from Spain.
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In this football language podcast, we use a BBC report to discuss the phrases, 'against the run of play'; 'to edge'; 'to fall short' and...
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This week sees the hosting of the World Cup Draw and so in this post we explain the expression 'World Cup Draw'
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We look back at some of the language from the incredible World Cup play-off match between Italy and North Macedonia in which the European champions were knocked out of the World Cup by a side that has never played in a World Cup before.
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In this football language podcast we take a look at the upcoming play-off matches in CAF to determine the 5 African qualification spots
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World Cup 2022 - European Qualifiers: We look back at some of the drama from the European qualification matches for the 2022 World Cup...
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In this football language post we look at some of the words and phrases that emerged from the 2022 World Cup qualification matches that have been taking place over the past week.
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In this football language podcast we look at some of the words and phrases from the Guardian newspaper report on the 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Portugal and Ireland.
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In today's football language podcast we look at some of the words and phrases that emerged from the 2022 World Cup qualifier between England Poland, in particular we explain the phrases
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In this football language post we look at some of the words and phrases to describe the 2022 World Cup qualification process by looking at how teams from each region will qualify for the finals in Qatar.
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1986 World Cup Quarter final: France vs Brazil In this podcast we look back at one of the greatest matches in World Cup history...
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English Through Football Podcast - 1998 World Cup England vs Argentina: In this podcast we continue with our reviews of some of the great World Cup matches by looking at the England versus Argentina game from 1998.
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1990 World Cup Netherlands vs West Germany:
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1990 World Cup Quiz: The 14th World Cup tournament took place in Italy but how much do you remember about Italia 90? Who was the top scorer? Which team finished third? Which teams made their World Cup debuts and which of them left the competition without registering a point? These and other questions all feature in our latest World Cup quiz
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1994 World Cup Italy vs Nigeria: In this podcast we continue with our reviews of some of the great World Cup matches by looking at the 1994 World Cup last-16 match between Italy and Nigeria.
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How much do you know about the 1994 World Cup in the USA? Who scored 5 in one game? Who missed a famous spot kick?
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Football Quiz: 1982 World Cup - Try our football quiz below and find out the answers to these and other questions about the 1982 World Cup.
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How much do you know about the first ever World Cup - the 1930 version? Which teams competed? Who was the winner? What was celebrated by the hosts Uruguay at the same time? Try our football quiz below and find out the answers to these and other questions about the 1986 World Cup.
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Football Quiz: 2002 World Cup - Try our football quiz and find out the answers to these and other questions about the 2002 World Cup.
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1986 World Cup Quiz: How much do you know about the 1986 World Cup in Mexico? Who finished as the leading scorer? Which team finished runners-up? How many goals were scored? Try our football quiz below
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World Cup 2010 Brazil vs Netherlands: In this podcast the languagecaster team looks back at the 2010 World Cup quarter-final match between the Netherlands and Brazil which is another game from the #WorldCupAtHome by FIFA.com
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World Cup 2014 Spain vs Netherlands: In this short podcast the languagecaster team look back at the 2014 World Cup and in particular the game between Spain and the Netherlands which was recently broadcast on FIFA.com.
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2019 Women's World Cup: Day 7 - Australia vs South Africa: Day 7 saw us treated to a thriller in Montpellier. The Brazilians seemed to be cruising with a two goal lead at half time, but were stunned 3-2 by an Australian come from behind victory.
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2019 Women’s World Cup: Day 5 – USA vs Thailand: Day 5 of the 2019 Women’s World Cup and it’s raining goals: thirteen of them in one game, for one side, as the USA thrash Thailand in Group F’s opening games. The World Champions have definitely laid down a marker with seven players scoring and […]
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2019 Women's World Cup: Day 3 - England vs Scotland: Day 3 of the Women's World Cup brought the first big surprise, an exciting local rivalry and the first hat-trick of the tournament as there were wins for Italy, England and Brazil.
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2019 Women's World Cup: Day 2 - Germany vs China: After the opening victory for hosts France yesterday, day 2 of the 2019 Women's World Cup kicked off with a hard-fought victory for Germany against a very physical Chinese side in Group B and in today's post we look at language connected to that phrase 'hard-fought victory'.
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2019 Women's World Cup: Day 1 - France vs South Korea: The 2019 Women's World Cup has kicked off in France today with the hosts facing South Korea in Paris in the opening match. Here at languagecaster.com we will be posting some news, discussing some football language and looking at our predictions every day during the 2019 Women's World Cup - a great way to not only follow the 2019 World Cup but also to help learners with their football English.
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In this World Cup 2018 podcast, we discuss how our predictions went for the matches and before looking forward to the big one!
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In this World Cup 2018 podcast, we have a quarter-final review. Eight teams, four games, four winners. Damian and Damon give their thoughts on their quarter-final predictions, the games, and who they think will win the semi-finals. We'll have a short World Cup language section, while we will also take a look at some our listeners' posts and see how the predictions competition is going.
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In this podcast we review some of the big stories from the group stages at the 2018 World Cup in Russia - Damian and Damon look back at some of the drama that has taken place so far. We also explain some World Cup language, ask a World Cup quiz question, predict some upcoming games and answer some listeners' questions.
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2018 World Cup Podcast: Review of Week 1: The 2018 World Cup is now moving into its second week and teams are starting to play their second games of the tournament and so in this podcast Damian and Damon talk about some of the highs and lows of the tournament so far.
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2018 World Cup: Review of Week 1 - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. In this listening report we take a look back at some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the first week of the 2018 World Cup. There is a worksheet, with answers, and a full transcript.
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In this post, we explain some football expressions to do with late goals, specifically 'late winners', that have featured in the 2018 World Cup's first week.
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On today’s listening report we take a look at two more of the groups in the 2018 World Cup: Groups C and D. We will also be reminding you about our World Cup predictions competition - there is still time to join!
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2018 World Cup Preview - Groups A and B: Only two days until the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia and so on today's football-language podcast we take a look at two of the groups in the tournament: Groups A and B. We will also be looking at our World Cup predictions competition, while there is also a quiz question and some football language explanations. For this audio report there is a transcript and a worksheet, great for learners and teachers of English, which can be freely accessed here.
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2018 World Cup Preview: The 2018 World Cup is about to kick off in Russia and on today's football-language podcast we take a look ahead to some of the language-learning resources we will make available over the tournament, including quizzes, transcripts, worksheets and much more. We also have an interview with a football fan in which we look at his predictions for the tournament, explain a new football phrase - 'to run out winners' - and invite you all to take part in our World Cup predictions competition.
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Return leg: What's the meaning of the phrase 'return leg' and when is it used in football?
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This week we take a look at the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and focus on the phrases 'caretaker manager' and 'comprehensive victory'
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This weekend has seen the draw for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers take place and so on this week's report we take a look at the qualification systems in five of the six confederations
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