In this football language podcast for learners of English, we take a look at the upcoming play-off matches in CAF which will determine the five qualification spots for Africa. You can read a 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. Learning English Through Football Podcast: 2022 CAF World Cup Qualifiers DF: Hello again everyone and welcome to Languagecaster.com – the football-language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game of football. I’m Damian and I’m in a really sunny London – Spring is definitely here – and I am one half of the languagecaster team with of course the other half being Damon who is based in Tokyo, Japan. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xf2IhMeWQ-hLvwd0LvpnZg',sig:'QYaMaoefET8HfQ8jt_OZ_SUXfCh1zk5FKleEEDK2N7Y=',w:'594px',h:'473px',items:'1238250913',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Introduction Now this is an important week in World Cup qualifying with over 40 countries still in with a shout (or a chance) of qualifying for the finals in Qatar in December. Two rounds remain in both CONMEBOL – that’s the South American qualifiers and in the Asian section, while three rounds will be played over this week in the CONCACAF section – I wonder will Canada make it through for the first time since 1986? Europe has a series of play-offs going on to determine the three remaining places at the finals and in Africa this week sees five play-off matches that will tell us which five countries will play in Qatar 2022. And these five ties from the CAF section will be the focus of today’s podcast – remember we are down to the final round of qualifiers in Africa which means the five winners over two legs go through – winner takes it all! Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Swahili) Egypt vs Senegal A re-match of the AFCON final of only a month ago is a mouth-watering affair – it’s such a pity that one of these two sides will not feature in the finals. Senegal will be hoping to qualify for their second tournament in a row after going out in the group stage in Russia four years ago. They also played in the 2002 World Cup in Japan where they reached the quarter-finals after an amazing performance which saw them knock out the then