Upper-Intermediate Lesson 33 Football Upper-Intermediate Lesson 33

Today we are going to learn: Vocabulary Idioms

Why talk about football? Many British people care about it. A very popular topic Small talk/networking

Football vs Soccer

Object Of The Game The aim of football is to score more goals then your opponent in a 90 minute playing time frame. To score the ball must go into your opponent’s goal. The whole ball needs to be over the line for it to be a legitimate goal. A goal can be scored with any part of the body apart from the hand or arm up to the shoulder. 

People Goalkeeper Referee Defender Linesman (referee's assistant) Midfielder Captain Attacker Spectators Substitute Fans Team/Squad Manager/coach

Pitch/playing field

Goal Goalpost Crossbar Goal line Net

Equipment Players must wear: a team shirt (a jersey) shorts stockings shin guards and footwear (boots, cleats)

Actions Pass Dribble Strike To be/go wide To hit the bar To hit the back of the net To throw in To get/take a free kick/penalty/corner

Crime and punishment Foul Misconduct Verbal caution Give a free kick Give a penalty kick To be booked (yellow card) To be sent off (red card)

Game Kick-off First half Half time Second half Stoppage/injury time Extra time Penalty shootout

What’s the score? Leicester ____ Chelsea 2-1 Leicester ___ the game. Arsenal ____ 0-4 (to Southhampton) Tottenham ____ (with West Bromwich) 2-2

What’s the score? Leicester beat Chelsea 2-1 Leicester won the game. Arsenal lost 0-4 (to Southhampton) Tottenham drew (with West Bromwich) 2-2

Tournaments Championship – Everybody plays everybody, home and away The Premier League Cup – get knocked out - go through to the next stage FA Cup League Cup

European Cups The Champions League 4 top teams from England The Europa League Places 5-8, FA Cup winner

National teams National Football Associations Union of European Football Associations (UEFA /juːˈeɪfə/) Euro Cup The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA /ˈfiːfə/; English:International Federation of Association Football) The World Cup

to keep one’s eye on the ball (or to take one’s eye off the ball) – to keep (or fail to keep) one’s attention focused on the matter in hand: ‘If you want to be successful in this job, you have to keep your eye on the ball’.

to move the goalposts – to unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course: ‘Olivia quit her job because her employer kept moving the goalposts about her promotion prospects’.

a game changer – an event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in the current way of doing or thinking about something: ‘The recent upturn in sales could be a real game changer for the business’.

Hand of God

1999 UEFA Champions League Final Manchester United vs FC Bayern Munich – 2:1

2005 UEFA Champions League Final FC Liverpool vs AC Milan

Leicester won the 2015–16 Premier League The odds were 5,000 to 1

Today we have learned: Vocabulary Idioms