Club football returns after the World Cup qualifiers and it’s Pep v Klopp as Manchester City host Liverpool in the stand out fixture in the Premier League. On this week’s show, Damon and Damian discuss this fixture in the predictions section. They also review some of the football news, introduce some football for English – this week to bomb on – and have a quiz question, too.  There is a transcript for those who wish to practise their English reading and listening skills (Damian = DF, Damon = DB).

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Transcript of the show

DB: You are listening to Languagecaster’s football-language podcast. Hello everyone. My name is Damon and first of all apologies for the late podcast! We usually try and get the podcast published either Saturday or Sunday but this week we had a few technical problems – lack of wifi for Damian in Ireland, and we couldn’t meet our deadline. So, this is a slightly shorter version and you are stuck with just me!

Line up

DB: On the show in the good, the bad and ugly section we’ll look at the following news stories: world cup qualifiers, Ben Woodburn, Ireland’s disappointing last two games, and a difficult issue in Iranian football. After that is some English for  football, with the phrase to bomb on. We have a tricky quiz question and we’ll finish with a review of our predictions: that’s Manchester City v Liverpool, Everton v Tottenham, and Leicester v the Champions, Chelsea.

You are listening to Languagecaster.com (in Greek)

DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in Greek. Remember, if you want to contact us just come along to languagecaster.com, or contact us through Facebook, Twitter, and we’ve also got a forum on the site where you can post any questions or comments.

OK, now what was good in the football world last week?

Good

DB: Of course it was good for the seven teams who managed to qualify for the World Cup, along with hosts Russia. That’s Japan, Saudi Arabia, Korea and Iran from Asia, Brazil from South America, Belgium from Europe, and Mexico from CONCACAF. Well done to them! But it was also good for that man Ben Woodburn again. He featured last week in this section for his great winning goal against Austria on his debut for the Welsh side. Well, in the next game he came on again as substitute and whipped in a cross for the Welsh side’s opener against Moldovar. They went on to win 2-0 and move in to second in their group. A goal and an assist in his first two games for the national side. Not bad.

Bad

DB: It was bad for Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for Russia 2018 as they dropped 5 points, drawing away to Georgia and losing to Serbia at home 1-0. That means they have handed the initiative to Wales, who leapfrog the Irish into the second place position in the group behind leaders Serbia, who look odds on to secure automatic qualification. But if the Republic of Ireland win their last two games they can finish second,