In this football language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game, we look back at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that is due to start this weekend in Cameroon. 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: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Week 1 DF: Hello again everyone, this is Damian from the Languagecaster.com team and we hope you are all well and staying safe. I am here in a freezing cold London, while the other member of the Learning English Through Football podcast team, Damon is in Tokyo where I imagine it is also really cold! Now, after a short break over the New Year – the festive period – we have already posted a couple of podcasts in 2022, with Damon talking about ‘heavy metal football‘ and then we did one on a group of phrases all linked to the expression ‘in a row‘ and another on some FA Cup resources after last week’s FA Cup 3rd Round weekend in England – some great resources and materials for learners and teachers of English. So, in today’s podcast for all fans of football who want to improve their English skills we look back at the first week of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that kicked off last weekend in Cameroon. In order to do this we’ll look at the good, the bad and the ugly from this first week. Of course, there is also a transcript with this listening report which you can use to help with teaching or learning English. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Thai) Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2x6Su4H4Qo9FhwQLH_-xQg',sig:'BdTwjyFB2E_kb3I0gX5s7HKPms-f9lN848X-fncDQtY=',w:'594px',h:'355px',items:'1237624873',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Introduction Okay, this is the 33rd time that the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will take place and it is the first time that Cameroon have hosted the event since 1972. There will be 23 other teams, along with the hosts, hoping to lift the trophy on February 6th after a month of football. The 24 participating sides are divided into six groups of four with the top two from each group and the best four third-place sides all qualifying for the last 16. Similar to the 2020 European Championship which took place in 2021, this tournament should have been played in the previous year but because of the pandemic was switched to 2022. Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in French). Let’s have a look at some of the good,