Learn English Through Football Podcast: Week 5 – 2020 European Championship Qualifiers: Domestic football takes a break this week but there is lots of international football being played around the world. The 2020 European Championship qualifiers continue, there are also World Cup qualifiers in Asia and in Africa while there are also lots of friendlies taking place. So, on this week’s podcast we review some of the language from the football week, with stories from Somalia, Kosovo, Italy, Paris and Hamburg. We also introduce some football language both in our quiz and football phrase section, including the phrase ”caught napping“. We also some predictions – our predictions competition finally starts this week! If you’d like the transcript to the show please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon). With the transcript you can improve your English by reading as you listen, or if you are a teacher of English you can use the transcript to make several activities for your learners. If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). Introduction DF: Hello everybody, this is Damian from the languagecaster team with an apology for the delay in posting this week’s podcast. This was due to technical and medical reasons – I lost my voice for a couple of days! Anyway, here is the podcast which was due last Sunday and so although some of the information might be a little out of date it hopefully will be useful and entertaining for learners of English who love football! DB: Hello everyone and welcome to the Learn English Through Football podcast; the podcast for all those who love the beautiful game of football and who are aiming to improve their English language skills. My name’s Damon speaking to you from a typhoon-threatened Tokyo – lots of wind and rain coming as the typhoon approaches. It looks like it’s going to hit during the night when we’re all safely tucked up in bed. Someone I hope is not tucked up in bed is Damian, who has finally returned from a few weeks travel around Europe. Damian, how are you and how was your trip? DF: Hello Damon and hello everyone… To see the rest of this transcript, and to get access to lots more content, please think about become a patron at patreon.com Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here If you have any suggestions, contact us at admin@languagecaster.com