In this football language post for learners of English we look at the expression ‘points deduction‘ after the big story from Italy’s Serie A saw Juventus being deducted 15 points this week. 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.   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 but very cold London. Happy Lunar New Year to all our listeners around the world and apologies for no podcasts from me for the past couple of weeks. it’s been a little busy here at work. Now, I’m also one half of the Languagecaster team with, of course, the other member Damon based in Japan. And hopefully you got a chance to listen to Damon’s recent podcast on the football phrase ‘a sighter‘ which was really interesting despite coming from the defeat of my favourite team Tottenham in the North London derby. Now, remember that you can access all of our other football-language podcasts – we have hundreds of them stretching back to October 2006 – by coming along to our site here at Languagecaster.com. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'nuBtpoCPQZlPJKRgEPIVPg',sig:'8YlfYYp3KcjXnHX3W_2fNQ1nnkO0737UTmBAt8yUriw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1246064997',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Italian) Now, on today’s short podcast I will be looking at some of the language that emerged from a huge story that has come out from Serie A in Italy. One of the most famous Italian sides, Juventus, have been penalised by the Italian authorities over false accounting which means that there are questions to be answered about some of their transfer fees. Here are some of the words that we’ll be looking at: * To deduct (a deduction) * To be docked * To penalise/To be penalised Points deduction OK, let’s start with the phrase ‘points deduction‘. Deduction is the noun form of the verb ‘to deduct‘ which means to take something away from someone or something. So, in this example, Juventus have had 15 points taken away from their league total – they have received a 15-point deduction; they have have 15 points deducted from their total. Interestingly, the prosecution asked for a 9-point deduction but the actual punishment was 15 points; a 15-point deduction that leaves Juventus in mid-table almost 25 points from the leaders. To be docked This was the headline in the Guardian newspaper about this story from Italy. They didn’t use the verb ‘deduct‘ but instead used &...