In this football language podcast we look back at the first week of the 2024 Euros and discuss some of the good, the bad and the ugly from the tournament. 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.

 

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Euro 2024 – Week 1

DF: You’re listening to Languagecaster.com’s football-language podcast. Hello and welcome to the show for everyone who wants to practice their English and who loves the beautiful game of football. My name is Damian and I am in a sunny London and I am one half of the Languagecaster team, the other of course is Damon who is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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

The 2024 European Championship are a week old and we have seen some great games and some wonderful goals so far. And on today’s show we’ll be looking back at some of the language from a great first week from the tournament. We’ll be looking at some of the good, the bad and the ugly and also look at some superlative expressions: who has been the oldest player at the tournament? How about the youngest? Who has scored the quickest goal so far? Who are the lowest-ranked side in the competition?

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

The Good

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Yes, that message was in German and the Euro 2024 hosts have been impressive in their first two matches; easily defeating Scotland and Hungary. Germany, Portugal and Spain all have 100% records after two games with Portugal and Spain both guaranteed to top their groups. The Spanish, in particular, have been very good with dominant attacking performances over Croatia and Italy.

It’s also been a good week for the tournament itself with some wonderful attacking football – at times it seems like an FA Cup replay as both teams just go for the win! There have also been lots of amazing goals: the Romanian opening goal by Stanciu against Ukraine was beautiful as his first-time shot went top bins. The Swiss striker Shaqiri scored a remarkable first-time strike from outside the box to equalise against Scotland. But maybe the best two goals have come from Turkish players in their win over Georgia: first their right back Mert Muldur scored with an amazing volley...