hi I'm Marie welcome to Oxford online
English in this lesson you can learn how
to talk about football in English do you
play football do you watch football or
support a team you can learn useful
language to talk about who you support
talk about football match and more
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in the bottom right now okay let's talk
about football
you're a villa fan right villa no Spurs
I've taught them throat and throat oh
really
I likes first they've done well recently
they've been topped for the last few
seasons right yeah they're always there
or thereabouts it would be nice to
actually turn that into some trophies
one day reverent one anything major for
a long time do you support newcastle my
dad's from there and he took me to games
when I was younger so I've stuck with
them I'm not a fanatic but I try to go
to at least a couple games a year
although it's not much fun at the moment
they've got a good side though no yeah
it's not that the owners won't invest so
they've been underperforming for the
last few years it's frustrating what do
you think for this you think Sydney
will win it again probably though I
think Liverpool have a shot too
how do you think Spurs will do well I'd
be happy enough with forth and very
happy with third we need to be more
consistent though last year we dropped
too many points in easy games or about
Newcastle realistically if we finish in
the top half of the table it'll be a
good season I just hope you don't get
relegated again are you a football fan
who do you support you could answer this
by saying I support as in I support
Manchester United or I support Barcelona
or you could just give the club name in
the English Premier League club names
are often shortened look at five short
names for Premier League clubs do you
know which clubs they are did you know
here are the answers if you say city or
United when talking about English
Football most people will understand
Manchester City and Manchester United
there are many clubs which have city or
United in their name but these
historically two of the biggest anyway
what about your club look at three
questions think about how you could
answer these questions before you do
let's see some language from the
dialogue which might help look at the
highlighted words and phrases do you
remember how they were used could you
explain what they mean
through-and-through means that you give
a hundred percent to your club if you
say I'm a Tottenham through and through
you mean you are and always have been a
big time and fan a fanatic in this
context means a very enthusiastic fan if
you say I'm not a fanatic you mean that
you support your team but maybe it's not
a big part of your life there are there
abouts means near the top but not the
best if your team is there there abouts
you mean that they're close to the top
teams but not one of the best in the
country
maybe you finished third fourth or fifth
every year
if your team under performs it gets
worse results than you would expect
maybe you have many great players but
you don't win as often as you should top
teams need to be consistent this means
they play at a high level every week the
opposite is inconsistent inconsistent
teams might play well one week and badly
the next finally if your team gets
relegated they finish in one of the
bottom places in the league and so they
drop down to the league below getting
relegated is one of the worst things
that can happen to a team so now what
about your team look at the questions
you saw before think about how you could
answer them maybe you could use some of
the language you just saw
pause the video think about your answers
and practicing them out loud okay could
you do it if it's difficult remember
that you can go back and watch the
dialogue and explanations again next
imagine that you just watched an
exciting match how could you talk about
it let's see
Wow what a game yeah real intense stuff
five-five how often do you see a 10 gold
drop I thought West Brom were out of it
but they kept coming back to b-52 down
against a team like United and score 3 I
never stopped fighting on the one hand
it's disappointing that we blew a three
goal lead but it was such a great match
that I can't be too unhappy in the end I
think it's always the right result
obviously I'd have loved West Brom to
win but neither team deserved to lose
true though your lot were so bad in the
first half I don't know what happened at
halftime but you looked like a
completely different side after the
interval yeah I know what you mean
I think United's sat back a bit too much
in the second half to maybe they thought
they'd won it in the first half yeah we
didn't look as sharp in the second half
here's a question what's the best
football match you can remember at the
start of the dialogue you heard the
phrase end to end stuff you can use this
to describe a match which was fast
flowing and full of action look at some
more phrases from the dialogue but with
some words missing can you remember the
missing words remember you can go back
and listen to the dialogue again if you
want are you ready let's see the answers
can you explain what these phrases mean
out of it means that you don't have a
chance if the team is three goals down
normally you can say that they're out of
it because most teams don't win from
that position you can also use in with
the opposite meaning for example they
may be a goal down but they're still in
the game this means that even though
they're losing they still have a chance
to win
if a team recovers from a losing
position and gets a draw or a win then
they come back come back can be a verb
or a noun
look at two examples blow a three-goal
lead means to lose a winning position
we blew a three-goal lead means we were
three goals ahead but then the other
team came back to win or draw in general
if you say you blew it
it means you failed it's conversational
your lot means the team you support it's
also conversational but it's quite
common among UK football fans if a team
sits back they don't try to attack and
maybe they don't give a hundred percent
sometimes teams sit back when they're
already winning because they don't think
they need more goals
another conversational expression which
is popular recently is park the bus
which has a similar meaning if a team
parks the bus they defend deep and they
don't move players forwards saying that
a team parks the bus is usually a
criticism because it describes a style
of play which is often boring to watch
even if it's effective sometimes finally
if your team looks sharp they are
playing well and moving fast sharp means
something like focused or dangerous you
want your team to look sharp especially
if they have a big match like a Cup
final has your team ever played in a cup
final or won any trophies let's see how
you can talk about that next
big night for you on Thursday right the
Europa final yeah looking forward to it
you think you'll win good do I think
both teams are quite evenly matched in
the knockout competition you've always
got a chance we'll see it'd be a big
deal though wouldn't it first European
trophy yeah that would be nice
plus it gets us into the Champions
League next year that would be a first -
didn't you win the FA Cup a couple of
years ago no we got to the final but
then we lost in extra time we haven't
won anything in recent years except the
League Cup and even that was five years
ago I think I remember that match didn't
you win on penalties yeah the long shoot
I went to ten nine or nine eight or
something crazy well a wins a win
generally football teams take part in
two kinds of competition leagues like
the Premier League La Liga or Syria ah
and Cup competitions Cup competitions
can be domestic or international English
football has two cup competitions the
League Cup and the FA Cup the FA Cup is
generally considered more prestigious
other European leagues mostly have the
domestic Cup but a few countries have -
then you have international cups in
Europe the most famous is the Champions
League the Europa Cup is the second tier
Cup cups are knockout competitions
meaning that in most cases if you lose
one match you're right some cups have a
league phase like the group stage of the
Champions League or the World Cup in a
knockout match what happens if it's a
draw the match might go to extra time if
that doesn't produce a result then you
have a penalty shootout look at two
sentences notice that you win or lose in
extra time but on penalties now let's
practice look at these three questions
can you answer these questions like
before pause the video and make your
answers read them out loud write them
down or do both let's look at one more
thing talking about players and
transfers
you looking forward to the new season
yeah of course though I'm less
optimistic than I could have been we
didn't have much luck in the transfer
window you still have a good team sure
but we've lost some players Conte is
gone Schwarzer is gone and I don't think
grad Mehra's will stay for long plus
with injuries we needed at least one
Center back a holding midfielder a
winger and probably more but you still
have body he's still a top striker yeah
no doubt he's getting on though he might
have one or two more good seasons in him
but we need to think about replacing him
too well
count your blessings we have a transfer
ban and our keepers injured so we might
not even have a recognized goalie for
our first match you have so much depth
in your squad though I think you'll be
okay there's a question how many
football positions
can you name in English how many did you
get in general you have goalkeeper
defenders midfielders and forwards in
each group you have more specific words
for example defenders can be center
backs left backs are right backs and
there are other positions to midfielders
can be classified by both where they
play and their role a role can be
defensive or attacking for example a
holding midfielder is a defensive
midfielder who plays in the center a
winger is usually an attacking
midfielder who plays on the left or the
right side there are many other possible
midfield positions depending on the
team's tactics four words can be
strikers whose job is to score some
teams might play a second forward behind
the main striker or wide forwards who
play on either side of the main striker
what about your team who's the best
defense
midfielder and forward which players
would you like to see in your team let's
see some more phrases from the dialogue
you can use to talk about players and
transfers can you explain what these
mean tap means one of the best getting
on means getting older it's
conversational of course getting older
is relative here footballers especially
forwards often start getting slower
after 30 and fewer playing at a high
level
after 35 a transfer ban is when a club
is not allowed to buy new players if a
club breaks the rules around transfers
they might get a transfer ban for a few
months recently in the Premier League
Chelsea were given a 12-month transfer
ban for breaking the rules on
approaching players aged under 18
finally sentence four means that the
club has got more than eleven good
players if your club has a deep squad it
means that injuries or losing one or two
players won't be a problem because there
are other good players to take over what
about you who do you support and who are
your favourite players right now share
your opinions in the comments thanks for
watching see you next time
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