This World Cup language podcast looks back at day 7 of the tournament and specifically at the moment of magic from Leo Messi as he helped Argentina to an all-important 2-0 win over Mexico. We look at a description of the goal from a BBC report and explain the words: ‘trademark magic‘; ‘keeps hopes alive‘ and ‘tense encounter‘. 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.   2022 World Cup Language Podcast: Day 7 – Trademark Magic (Argentina v Mexico) DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners and teachers of English. I’m Damian and I am in a wet and windy London and this is day 7 of the Qatar World Cup and today I’m going to look at some of the language that described Argentina’s opening goal by Leo Messi in their crucial 2-0 win over Mexico in their Group C match. In particular, I’ll be looking at the phrases, ‘trademark magic‘; ‘keeps hopes alive‘ and ‘tense encounter‘  which were all used in the BBC report of the game. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (from Ghana) Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'K7zv4mEEQEtlZmhCvLXVhg',sig:'VSD-WSV18dd3QLSqJznvHpxwx9zVPzwtNrBZvItPpEE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1445041087',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Day 7 – Trademark Magi/Keep Hopes Alive/Tense Encounter The BBC report focused on Leo Messi’s goal as it was such an important one – remember, that a defeat would have seen the much-fancied Argentinian side eliminated from the tournament so the stakes were very high. The game was a tight one with very little space for ether team but then in the second half Leo Messi collected the ball and hit a low shot into the corner of the net – it was a wonderful moment of skill, technique and accuracy. The BBC report suggested that Messi ‘produced a moment of trademark magic‘ which means that the goal was a wonderful one and that this is something that Messi does on a regular basis. The word trademark is used in business to protect a company’s property – it is a symbol to say that the company owns this idea or product but the word trademark also has the meaning of describing something particular or typical about a person; we can easily notice or know that it is someone by their clothes, their language or their style. In football we often hear about a trademark goal which means that the player has scored this type of goal many times before. For example, former Dutch international winger Arjen Robben would cut inside from the right and shoot with his left – this was his trademark goal. A big centre forward might score lots of goals with their head so we would describe a headed goal from them as a trademark goal; a trademark header. So,