The Confederation Cup final in Saint Petersburg, Russia took place this weekend between Germany and Chile and this week’s show looks at that game between the South American and World champions. We’ll also be explaining some football words and phrases, asking a quiz question and of course talking about our predictions for the big game. There is also a transcript for those who wish to practise their reading and listening skills (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Confederation Cup Final

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Transcript of the show

DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to the podcast for all those who love the beautiful game and want to improve their English skills. My name’s Damian and I’m here in London where the weather is warm and sunny, very warm indeed. Hello Damon, how are things in Tokyo?

DB:Very hot, Damian. I’m sitting outside, actually, at my workplace, so apologies for any noise, and it is baking!

DF: Wow! Now Damon, last week we talked a little bit about the World Cup warm-up competition that is the Confederations Cup, which took place in Russia and of course the final was on last weekend.

DB: Yes, well done to Germany on winning that title and we’ll be talking more about that game later on in the show. What else do we have on this week’s podcast?

Line up

DF: Well, we will start with a review of the football stories from the week in the good, the bad and the ugly. Then we will have a quiz question connected to the Confederations Cup followed by some of our listeners’ posts and questions. We then explain a couple of football-language phrases from the week and then look look back at that Confederations Cup final between Chile and Germany.

DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in German. Right, what was good from the world of football this week?

Good

DF: Congratulations to Germany on winning the European U-21 Championship in Poland after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over favourites Spain, that was last Friday. Mitchell Weiser scored the winner for the Germans who won their second European U-21 title with a team that had lost many of its stars to the Confederations Cup squad. And talking of the Confederations Cup the Germans also won that title after defeating Chile 1-0 in St Petersburg. German football is in very good shape. Damon, what was bad in the football world this week?

Bad

DB: Penalty shoot-outs have never been England’s strong point – the senior team has lost seven of them, winning only one, while the women’s team has also lost three times in major tournaments with no wins. The U-21 side has managed to win once on penalties but they were defeated last week by German opposition in the semi-finals to ensure more penalty heartbreak for England.

How about ugly?

Ugly

DF: Well, it is the summer break here in Europe and the transfer window has now o...