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[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report It's Champions League semi final second legs this week, and on this listening report we take a look at the history and design of the four teams' crests or shirt badges. The four teams are Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. Listening Report: CL Football Crests The symbol worn, usually on the left hand side of the shirt is known as a club crest or badge. In this report we look at the histories behind the crests of Spani...

This week's weekly football post explains the verb phrase to kill the ball. Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase (to) Kill the Ball This week's English for football phrase uses the verb 'to kill'. usually this means to murder, to take someone's life, but in football it is used to describe the action...

This week's weekly football phrase is goA over the top. Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase (to) Go over the top The verb phrase to go over the top, is used to describe a dangerous tackle. In this kind of tackle, a player tackles the opponent not the ball - the foot goes over the top of the ball an...

[print_link] | Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Follow @languagecaster// For this week's listening report we take a look at the race for the PL (premier League) title. This season has been a topsy turvy one and a shock is on the cards as Leicester lead the pack going into the final five games. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above and you can read the transcript below with key vocabulary explained at the bottom of the post. Listening Report: The Race for the PL Title The F...

What is the meaning of the verb to 'toe poke' in football? Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Toe Poke This week's English for footballA phrase is the verb 'to toe-poke'. This verb describes a kind of shot, or less often a pass. The ball is hit hard with the end of the boot, with the toes. Shootin...

This week's English for football is the phrase 'to break down a defence'

The four first leg matches of this season's 2016 Champions League quarter-finals have all taken place and so on this week's listening practice report we take a look back at what happened and a look forward to next week's second leg games. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and you can also read the transcript of the report (below). There are also explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the end of the post. Subscribe to our listening reports Listening Practice: 2016 C...

For this week's English for football phrase we talk about the noun, a hatful. Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase (a) Hatful There are several words in football that describe the number of goals a player scores. Two goals scored by one player is a brace, three goals by the same player is a hatrick,...

Podcast: Johan Cruyff - On this week's learning English through football podcast we look back at the career of the great Johan Cruyff who...

What's the meaning of the phrase 'total football'?

On this week's learning English through football podcast we focus on Ireland and some of their greatest ever players in our main listening report - we also have a quiz to help those who want to improve their English. We also feature a new English for football phrase - this week we look at the expression 'to capitalise on an error'

What is the meaning of the phrase 'Capitalise on an error' in football?

This week's listening practice report looks at the 2016 FA Cup quarter-finals that are taking place this weekend.

This week's English for football phrase is 'deflected'. This verb describes the action of making something change direction.

2016 Europa League Last 16 Previews: This week's listening practice report looks ahead to some of the big games from the Europa League...

What is the meaning of the phrase 'wide' in football?

This weeka€™s listening practice report looks at this yeara€™s Capital One League Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City.

What is the meaning of the phrase 'On the back/front foot' in football?

This week's listening practice report focuses on one of the big games in Spanish football - the Basque derby between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad.

What's the meaning of the word 'end' in football?

On this week's learning English through football podcast we focus on the title races in England and Italy.

Subscribe This week's listening practice report focuses on the big games taking place this weekend in Italy and in England. The top four teams in both leagues face off in possible title showdowns. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and you can also read the transcript of the report (below). There are also explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the end of the post. Listening Practice: 2015-16 Serie A and Premier League Showdowns It's a huge weekend of football in Eng...

What is the meaning of the phrase 'Rich Vein of Form' in football?

[print_link] | Subscribe This week's listening practice report spotlights a new league in England aimed at helping overweight men lose weight, which is part of an initiative called Man v Fat. You can listen to the report by clicking on the link above, and you can also read the transcript of the report (below). There are also explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) at the end of the post. Listening Practice: Man v Fat Football has always played an important role in improving society: there's the...