In this football language podcast for learners of English who love the beautiful game, we look at some of the language used to describe the winners from the 2021 Ballon d’Or awards. 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 Ballon d’Or Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HV6Z-lLmQeVkS4-5vXlqsA',sig:'_suwdWNDTXhqHoxBkpvy1nNTf-G0rVOzFWbWFt3XGq0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1356267453',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); DF: Hi everyone, this is Damian from the Languagecaster.com team and we hope you are all well. This is the podcast for all fans of the beautiful game of football who wish to improve their English and on today’s show we are going to talk about the best players in the world – the winners of the 2021 Ballon d’Or trophies to be exact – and we will feature some of the language used to describe the 2021 winners (Leo Messi and Alexia Putellas) Stinger: You are listening to languagecaster.com (in Catalan). Alexia Putellas Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'83LHsoUFTe1dg7yoNqNlXg',sig:'Plb_AUr0HMfeCs2_jZejRLIS9mUnOkBy-ouLU60RrfI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1356378499',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); The winner of the 2021 Ballon d’Or for the women’s game was Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas. She finished ahead of her Barcelona team mate Jenni Hermoso by over 100 votes so we can clearly say that she was a deserved winner. Putellas captained her side Barcelona to their first ever Champions League title this year after a 4-0 thrashing of English side Chelsea in the final – Putellas scored one and also had an assist. Her club also won the treble after dominating the 2021 Spanish season and Putellas scored 18 league goals in that campaign. A worthy winner. Lionel Messi Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7k2v2RR_RnZZVr4CJflisw',sig:'eTMHcAAeK6UGH2N9n5s1BTJRoJE6Wf19NKUkFnI3_54=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1356379059',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});