Learn English Through Football Podcast: New Club World Cup

In this week's football-language podcast we focus on the new FIFA Club World Cup and look at the competition through key numbers. We will also give our predictions for the Champions League final between Inter and PSG, which should be a cracker. 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

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Hello

DF: You're listening to Languagecaster.com



DB: Hi there everyone and welcome to the show for all fans of football who want to improve their English. My name is Damon and I am in a wet Tokyo; looking forward to the Champions League final this weekend. It looks like it could be a great game for the neutral! Damian, how are you? How is London and has there been any football news that you have been interested in this week?



DF: Hello Damon - good to hear from you and hello to everyone. Well, I have been enjoying some sunny weather here in London and like you I am looking forward to the Champions League final. I am also still enjoying the fact that my team Tottenham won the Europa League this season!

Clean Sweep (Chelsea)

Now, there was another European final played earlier on in the week when Chelsea beat Betis 4-1 in the Europa Conference League final. The London side came back from being one down to run out eventual winners. And this means they have now won all four European trophies: the Champions League, the Europa League, the old Cup Winners Cup and now the Europa Conference League. The media described this as a clean sweep which in sport means that you've won everything - Chelsea have won all of the European competitions. Well done to them.



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



DF: We'll have more stingers or messages like that throughout the show in different languages; try and identify which ones they are as you listen. Don't worry if you don't know them, we'll give you the answers at the end of the show.



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

Today's Show

DB: Right, we'll kick off the show with a look at the upcoming Club World Cup, which is a totally new format to previous versions. After that, we'll have some contact information, and then we'll give our predictions for the Champions League final.



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

The New Club World Cup

DB: OK, this year sees the revamped FIFA Club World Cup take place in the US. At Languagecaster, we thought we'd take a look at this new format through some key numbers. The numbers are 1, 6, 11, 12, 30, and 63. Can you guess what those numbers represent? Well, let's take a look and we'll start with 1.



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1 New Trophy

DB: As this is a brand new format, FIFA has made one brand new trophy. So, the winning team will be lifting a new piece of silverware. But hang on, it isn't silverware,