It’s international week again, with World Cup 2018 qualifiers being held across the globe. This means we have no Premier League predictions this week, but we will have a few thoughts on who we think will be relegated and who will secure top-four Champions League places. Of course, we have some good, bad and ugly news from the world of football, including a nasty challenge in the Ireland v Wales match. After that, we will talk about two phrases for football, one, the cliche ‘not that kind of player‘ and the other, a daisy cutter. Read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

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Transcript of the show

DB: You’re listening to languagecaster’s football language podcast. My name is Damon and I am talking to you from a grey and wet Tokyo – good for my balcony plants but not great for football. Apologies for no podcast last week, Damian and myself were super busy, but this week I hope Damian can join me. Damian, how are things?

DF: Hello Damon, good to hear from you. I am here in London where my plants are enjoying the sunshine and blue skies as spring finally decides to arrive to the UK.

DB: Brilliant.

DF: As you’ve already mentioned, last week we did not have a podcast but we are back this week and we will be looking at some of the World Cup qualifiers that have taken place this weekend. Damon, what else is on the show today?

Line up

DB: Well Damian, as you said, there are World Cup qualifiers and international friendlies taking place, we don’t have our regular Premier League predictions at the end of the show, but we will finish with a bit of chat about relegation and top four spots. And to start, we’ll have our good, the bad and the ugly section, which includes news about a nasty challenge, an amazing miss, and a milestone for a football legend. We’ve also got our useful football language, too – so let’s get cracking.

DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Japanese. Drop us a line here at [email protected] if you have the message “You are listening to languagecaster” in your language.

Now next up we have the good, the bad and the ugly.

Good

DB: So, what was good Damian?

DF: Well, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made his 1,000th appearance this week as he captained the Azzurri to a 2-0 win over Albania in a World Cup qualifier. The 39-year old has played over 160 times for the national team and has played for two Serie A clubs: Parma and Juventus where he has won seven league titles, a couple of Coppa Italias, a Serie B title. He has, of course, also won a World Cup winners medal in 2006. I wonder how long Buffon will go on for?

Bad

DB: That’s amazing, isn’t it? Well, bad, I’m going to talk about a frantic game between Manchester City and Liverpool, which was played at 100 miles an hour, with both teams going at each each from the whistle. It was great entertainment,