The international break is over and so on this week’s podcast we take a look back at some of the big news from those World Cup qualifiers – including the introduction of new technology into the game. We also look ahead to a really interesting week of domestic football including the Merseyside derby, a top-four clash and a relegation battle from the Premier League. Read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Merseyside Derby and Arsenal v Man City

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Transcript of the show

DF: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Damian and I am currently here in London looking forward to the football that’s going to take place over the next few days as the domestic game returns after the international break. Now Damon is in Tokyo over there in Japan. I wonder how he’s getting on. Damon, how are things?

DB: Hi Damian. Very good indeed. There are grey skies and there’s a bit of wet weather around here, but I’m looking forward to the Merseyside derby of course. How about you?

DF: Well, it’s a little grey here in east London early Saturday morning but the sun is starting to come out. And yes, I’ll be watching the derby later on today – it’s a great start to a packed week of football fixtures.

Line up

DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com. Can you guess what language that message was in? It was actually in Catalan. So drop us a line here at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language and we will play it on our show.

DB: Now next up we have our review of the football week in the good, the bad and the ugly.

Good

DB: So, what was good Damian?

DF:  Congratulations to Brazil who became the first team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia as they defeated Paraguay 3-0 with four games to play in the South American tournament. Brazil’s win, along with Uruguay’s surprise defeat in Peru, meant that the five-time winners have maintained their record of being ever-present at all World Cup finals. Brazil have won eight consecutive qualifying matches under new coach Tite pushing them from fifth place a year ago to automatic qualifiers. Well done Brazil. By the way, Damon, Tite I learned that from Tim Vickery, that’s how you pronounce his name.

DB: OK.

DF: How about bad Damon? What was bad from this week’s football?

Bad

DB: Well, yes, first of all good for Brazil and just hearing that they’ve won it five times the World Cup, that’s amazing isn’t it.