Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2024-25 Champions League – Matchday 2

In this football language podcast we look at some language from Matchday 2 of this season’s Champions League, including ‘mismatch‘; ‘convert a penalty‘ and ‘rocked‘. We also look back at some language from the Liverpool and Tottenham games and of course look ahead to the weekend’s football with our predictions competition. You can read the 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 admin@languagecaster.com.

2024-25 Champions League – Matchday 2

DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster.com’s football language podcast.

Hello everyone and welcome to the show for all those who love the beautiful game of football and who want to improve their English. My name is Damian and I am based in London where the weather has been slightly better this week – it’s finally stopped raining! What’s the weather like where you are? Damon, the other member of the Learn English Through Football Podcast team, has told me that the weather in Japan is a little finally cooling down – I think they had a really hot, hot summer.

Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Japanese)

Today’s Show

DF: That message was in Japanese and we’ll have some more stingers throughout today’s show. Can you guess what languages they are? Right, on today’s podcast we will be looking at some of the football language from the past week and in particular from the second round of fixtures from this season’s Champions League. We will also look back at some language from both the Liverpool and Tottenham games from last weekend – of course, that’s Damon’s favourite team and my favourite team. And, of course, we’ll also   look ahead to this weekend’s football in our predictions competition.

Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (an Arsenal fan)



DF: Yes, that was from an Arsenal fan and I am sure that they are all feeling very happy indeed after their late win against Leicester in the Premier League last weekend, followed by a comfortable win over PSG in the league phase of the Champions League. Indeed, many pundits called this a ‘statement win‘ a phrase that we posted about earlier in the week. Now, Arsenal have four points from their first two Champions League games, that’s the same as Manchester City, but neither of those teams are at the top of the new competition league. Seven teams have 100% records – they have won both games – including surprise package Stade Brestois from France; two more English sides in Aston Villa and Liverpool, as well as last season’s runners-up Borussia Dortmund. OK, let’s take a look at some of the language that has co...