In this football language podcast for learners of English, we look at the phrase ‘to clinch the title‘ which has been used quite a lot over the past week as we move towards the end of the season. You can also 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: To clinch the title – Bayern, PSG and Real Madrid

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 a sunny London and I’m one half of the languagecaster team, the other member of course is Damon who is based in Tokyo, Japan. Now we are at the stage of the season known as the business end of the season, which is an important period when things are decided in different leagues and divisions, such as relegation or promotion. And so on this short football-language podcast we will take a look at the phrase ‘to clinch the title‘ which is used to describe when a team wins a title and this of course has been in the news this week as teams around Europe have won different cups and trophies. Now, to clinch something means to secure something or to win – sometimes we might hear the phrase ‘clinch a deal‘ or in football, ‘clinch a win‘ or ‘clinch a point‘ that’s when a team comes back from a losing position to gain a draw. Another way of saying clinch the title then is to secure the title and both of these phrases mean that a team has won the league title.

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To clinch the title

OK, congratulations to PSG in France, Bayern Munich in Germany and Real Madrid in Spain who have all clinched their respective league titles over the past week: they have won the league title in their country. This is how CBS Sports.com reported Bayern Munich’s win in the Bundesliga: ‘Bayern Munich clinch 10th straight title with win over rivals Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker’ (CBS Sports.com, April 23 2022), which of course means that they won their tenth title...