In this short football language podcast we look at some football words and phrases from the 2021 Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao. In particular we look at the phrases, ‘one-sided‘; ‘goal blitz‘; ‘pass the ball past the keeper‘ and ‘one twos‘. Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here, and visit our site to access all the previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions, contact us at admin@languagecaster.com. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HJVdFqasQpxEXs9QVwp13g',sig:'OFZyvlQ9M7IFXaEZ466epT_q52QWAyptRQGkBF_l0Hg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1232375641',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Learn English Through Football Language Podcast: 2021 Copa del Rey Final DF: Hello everyone, this is Damian from the Learning English Through Football team. I hope we are all doing well. Now on this short football language podcast we take a look back at the Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao in which Barca ran out 4-0 winners. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Catalan). DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Catalan – no doubt a happy football fan today after Barca’s 4-0 win in the Copa del Rey final yesterday. Before we move on to describe some of the language from that final, a quick reminder that there’s a transcript to this podcast which you can access by coming along to our site. And you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or you can drop us a line at: admin@languagecaster.com. Right, let’s take a look at some of the words and phrases from the 2021 Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao – the second final in two weeks after Real Sociedad defeated Athletic 1-0. Tough times for the Basque club. One-sided When we talk about a game being ‘one-sided‘ we mean that one team (or side) has dominated the other, that they are much better than their opponent. So, a one-sided game means that it was not a close game because one side was much better than the other one and this is what happened in the Copa del Rey final last night. Barcelona dominated the game from start to finish and even though the score was 0-0 at half time there was never any doubt that Barca would be crowned champions. They eventually ran out 4-0 winners to claim their 31st Copa del Rey title which is the most by any club in Spain. Goal blitz Barcelona’s domination eventually paid off as they scored four times in 12 minutes in the second half. When a team scores a lot of goals in a short period of time like this, we can hear phrases such as blitz or burst. Blitz is a military term and means a quick or intensive set of at...