In this week’s football language podcast for learners of English, we look back at some of the language from the Champions League second leg last-16 game between Real Madrid and PSG and in particular we look at language connected to the word ‘collapse‘ after PSG’s defeat. You can read a 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 podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at [email protected].

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Collapse – Real Madrid v PSG Champions League 2022

DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football. I’m Damian and I’m here in London I’m one half of the languagecaster team, the other member of the team is Damon who of course is based in Tokyo, Japan. And I’m guessing he’s in good form as his favourite team Liverpool are on a great run – nine wins on the bounce; that’s nine consecutive wins or another way to say it would be nine wins in a row. After this amazing run of form, we can also describe this as a rich vein of form, the Reds find themselves in an exciting title race with Manchester City here in England – they are only one point behind the current holders. I wonder if Liverpool, after winning the League Cup in February, are thinking about an unprecedented quadruple – no club has ever won four trophies in one season in England before. What about my favourite team Spurs? Well, our form has also been impressive but not in the same way as Liverpool’s; Tottenham have managed a remarkable run of results in the past 8 matches: four wins and four defeats – a loss followed by a win followed by a loss and then another win and so on. A word to describe Tottenham’s form? Inconsistent.

Now, apologies for the delay in this podcast – it was supposed to go out last week – but it has been a really busy couple of weeks at work (for both of us) so sorry for the delay but hopefully this podcast will be worth the wait. Now, on this show we are looking back at the dramatic Champions League