In this football language post for learners of English we look at the football expression ‘fightback‘ which is used when a team comes back to draw or win after being behind in the game. You can also read the transcript for this post 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.   Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2IXqwk_NSXlc6Tg69BQFyw',sig:'GbPV86rybZ1alOITlpePq5YTfmLosAXNmZ-yJBCQTz0=',w:'594px',h:'384px',items:'1452500537',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Hello DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners and teachers of English. I’m Damian and I’m here in a sunny London at the start of 2023 – Happy New Year to all our listeners around the world. And I’m one half of the Languagecaster team with, of course, the other member Damon based in Japan. Now, did you get a chance to listen to Damon’s podcast on the phrase ‘tidy player‘? It was a really interesting show in which Damon explained what a tidy player means, as well as the phrase ‘industrious‘; an ‘industrious player‘. Great stuff. Remember that you can access all of our football-language podcasts by coming along to our site at Languagecaster.com. Now, on today’s short podcast I will be looking at the term ‘fightback‘ and how it is used in football. Before we start, I am going to introduce you to some other language that you will hear in the show – many of these phrases are used when describing the situation when a team is losing a game but then either wins or draws the game – they make a comeback. * To recover: The noun form of this verb is ‘recovery‘ and sometimes we hear the phrase ‘the team’s recovery‘ or ‘the team recovered after a poor start’. This suggests that the team played better after a poor or bad start. * To go behind/To fall behind: This phrase is used to describe a team that is losing the game – the team fell behind to an early goal. We can also sometimes hear that a team is behind – they are losing. * One down: This means that a team is losing by one goal – of course we can also say two-down or three down and so on. * Comeback: A comeback is when a team recovers from being behind – they were losing but now are winning or drawing. * To hold on (to a lead): This describes a team working really hard to protect their lead – the team held on for three points, for example. * To spark: now, this has many meanings but for today’s phrase it means to start something. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (Besiktas fan) Football Language: Fightback