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Ended Their Hopes: This week's football expression looks back at some of the final games of the season and explains the phrase end their hope

In this week's football-language podcast we look at some of the language from the 2025 Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United and in particular the phrase, 'off the line'. We will also look back at some of our pre-season predictions - how well did we do? There are also some more predictions for this weekend's big games, including the Women's Champions League final between Barcelona and Arsenal, a huge game in the Premier League and the German Cup Final.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the noun phrase, a clear goalscoring opportunity, which was a key phrase in the FA Cup final at the weekend.

In this week's football-language podcast we look at a phrase used after a player misses an easy chance - spare a player's blushes.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the expression, 'Confirmed as New Manager' as Carlo Ancelotti takes up the Brazilian men's national team post.

In this week's football-language podcast we look at some of the language from the dramatic Champions League semi-final second leg between Inter and Barcelona, including the phrase, 'to head out'.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the verb, 'to convert' after some improtant penalties were scored in the race for CL places.

In this week's football-language podcast we look at a phrase that has recently become quite popular in football, 'in and around' and we will have a special guest explaining it for us. We will also have Damon talking about Liverpool's title win, while we'll also have some predictions, which feature derbies from London and Glasgow and the Champions League semi finals.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the expression, 'Record-equalling 20th league title' after Liverpool were crowned champions of the 2024-25 Premier League season. You can read the transcript for this post below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases

In this week's football-language podcast we look at some phrases from horse racing used in football, including neck and neck.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the expression, 'shooting boots' after Arsenal's game at Ipswich Town in the Premier League.

In this week's football phrase we look at the phrase X-goal thriller, a phrase used to talk about exciting games. We will focus on the second leg tier in the Europa League between Manchester United and Lyon.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'round the keeper' after Manchester City player James McAtee scored for Manchester City against Crystal Palace at the weekend.

In this podcast we take a look at language, including roll your studs over,  describing a great goal scored in the CL quarter finals this week.

In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'to seal the title' after PSG won their fourth Ligue 1 title in a row

In this week's football-language podcast we look at the word, 'qualify' and how it has been used this week after some of the World Cup qualifiers.

Football Phrase of the Week: Turn the Game on Its Head For this football phrase of the week we look at a Women's Supper Leagyue game in England and at the phrase to turn the game on its head.  You can read the transcript for this post 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 us at @languagecaster.com. http://gty.im/2207660276 https://languagecaster.com/wp-content/s/2025/03/football.language.OnItsHead.310325.mp3   DB: Hi there everyone. This is Damon from the Languagecaster team and you are listening to our football phrase of the week. Each week we take a phrase from a recent game and show how it is used in football. And for this episode we're looking at a Women's Super League match between Chelsea and West Ham United, and the phrase is 'to turn the game on its head'. Turn the Game on Its Head Stinger: You are listening to Languagecaster (in Polish) DB: OK, so first let's talk about the match between Chelsea and West Ham, which ended in a 2-2 draw. This was a good result for West Ham, as Chelsea were a massive 29 points ahea Football Language Glossary d of them going into the game. Chelsea are also leading the league comfortably, so were clear favourites to win before kick off. The west London side quickly went two goals up, and looked like they would cruise to victory. However, a goal by Shekiera Martinez turned the game on its head (The Guardian). So this phrase means to reverse the course of the match. Chelsea were dominating but West Ham's goal meant suddenly West Ham were on top. To turn a game, or match, on its head, means to suddenly make another team the stronger team. Snatch an equaliser West Ham went on to snatch an equaliser, score an equalising goal, so what looked like a comfortable win for Chelsea ended up being a draw, with the teams sharing the spoils - getting one point each. Here is another example (Reuters), this time about PSG's comeback win over Manchester City in the 2024-2025 Champions League group stage. "Goals from PSG's Ousmane Dembele, Bradley Barcola, Joao Neves and Goncalo Ramos turned the match on its head after City had taken a 2-0 lead early in the six-goal second half." Stinger: You are listening to Languagecaster (in Italian) DB: Thank you for that message, which was in Italian, and our earlier message was in Polish. What games have you seen turned on their heads? For me, as a Liverpool fan, it must be the Champions League final in Istanbul in 2005, with Liverpool 3-0 down at half time. Three goals by Liverpool in six second half minutes turned the game on its head! How would you say this phrase in your language? Let us know by dropping us a line at @languagecaster.com, or just leave a comment on this post or a post on our forum at langaugecaster.com Enjoy all the football this week, and we have more football language later in the week. Ta-ra! https://languagecaster.com/football-language-glossary/

In this football phrase of the week we look back at the Nations League quarter-final matches and explain the phrase, 'to force extra time' after some thrilling ties. 

In this week's football-language podcast we look at the phrase, 'to mark a debut', which we can use to talk about England vs Albania's World Cup qualifier.

In this football phrase of the week we look back at the Carabao Cup final between Newcastle and Liverpool in which Newcastle ended their trophy drought when they defeated Liverpool 2-1.