Learn English Through Football Podcast: Can’t Live with Them

In this football language podcast we take a look at the phrase, ‘can’t live with them’ and how it is used in football. We also look ahead to next 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.

Welcome

DB: You’re listening to the Learning English Through Football Podcast. Hi everyone, my name’s Damon, one half of the languagecaster team. The other half is Damian, who we will hear from later in the show. While Damian is based in London, I am in Tokyo. Currently, we are enjoying some lovely autumn weather: bright but chilly. Great weather to play football!

Later this weekend, J-League leaders Vissel Kobe will be travelling from Kobe in the west of Japan, to Tokyo to take on Tokyo Verdy. With only three games to go and a slender two point lead, Kobe will need a win to keep them ahead of second place Sanfrecce Hiroshima. How about where you are? What matches are you looking forward to this weekend?

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

Today’s Show

DB: Yes, you are listening to Languagecaster.com. And that message was in Polish.

Right, let’s look ahead at what’s on the show. In a moment, Damian is going to talk about football phrases describing a strong team beating their opponent: can’t live with them is one of them. He focuses on the Liverpool versus Bayer Leverkusen Champions League game last week. That 4-0 win by Liverpool put them on top of the new Champions League league. He’ll also introduce some predictions form the big games this weekend.  Before all that, let’s have a quick look at the Champions League and the new league after four games.

This year, there are no groups as in the past, and the top eight teams in the 36-team league will automatically go through to the round of 16. While it is still early, several big teams need to start picking up more points if they are to get in the top eight. For example, Manchester City and Juventus are tenth and eleventh respectively. More surprisingly, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are 17th and 18th!

The top four after four games are Liverpool, Sporting, Monaco, and Brest. Liverpool have 12 points from a possible 12, while the other three are on ten. That’s the same as Inter in fifth and Barcelona are sixth on nine points. But as only four games have been played – teams will play eight matches, four at home and four away – it is way too early to know how well teams are performing.

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

DB: Thanks for that message in Spanish. OK, back to Liverpool, the current leaders in the Premier League and the Champions League. How did they get there? Here’s Damian with a look at their last game.

Can’t live with them

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