1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 You're listening to the Footglitch Podcast. Love football, learn English. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,000 How important is the win over Poland for the Dutch team? 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 What are the strengths of the Dutch player Weghorst? 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Is the Czech Republic a bogey team for the Netherlands? 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:42,000 And how do we use past perfect in English? 6 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of the Footglitch Podcast. 7 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000 A podcast which can help you kill two birds with one stone. 8 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:58,000 You can pursue your passion for football and learn English at the same time. 9 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:05,000 And today I'm going to talk about the Dutch team, the Netherlands, at Euro 2024. 10 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,000 And for that I'm joined with Leontes from English with Mr. Henriquez. 11 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Hi Leontes. Hello everyone. 12 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Welcome to the show. So how are you enjoying the Euro so far? 13 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:25,000 I enjoy watching football in general, especially these end tournaments are always very nice. 14 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 I've watched several, quite some matches already. 15 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 France is playing tonight, so that's an interesting one. 16 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 It's going to be interesting. 17 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000 And I saw England yesterday, so that was very nice. Yeah. 18 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 But of course I have to ask you about your team. 19 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 The Netherlands, you played yesterday against Poland. 20 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 And you managed to beat the Poles 2-1. 21 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Although you were one nail down. So were you in any doubt? 22 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Well, we played quite well at the beginning of the game. 23 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,000 We started off well, we did lots of pressure. 24 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,000 There were lots of opportunities even in the first 10 minutes or so, I think. 25 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:18,000 But I think Poland made this kind of counter goal, you know, where they saw an opportunity as well and then they scored. 26 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 And then it's getting the morale back up. 27 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:29,000 That's really part of the team spirit, which I think they did okayish. 28 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 They did well. 29 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:37,000 And it was interesting to see that Wout Weghorst, whom we know from Man United, 30 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:48,000 came on and scored the final goal, which was the same thing he did during the 2022 World Cup in Dubai. 31 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Qatar. Yeah, Qatar. Yeah, you're right. 32 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 I remember that it was against Argentina. 33 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I believe he scored two goals and one of them was in like one hundredth minute or something like that. 34 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,000 And it was in the quarterfinal of the tournament. 35 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,000 That was such an important goal. I think you then lost on penalties. 36 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,000 But Weghorst seems to be a really important player for you, even though he is not a starter. 37 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,000 So is it fair to say that he is a super sub for you? 38 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Yeah, I think so. I think they know his strength and that they use him in a good way when he's necessary. 39 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,000 He's not one of those technically gifted players that your country has been producing over the years, right? 40 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,000 He's not one of those. He's a... How would you describe him? 41 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 What are his strengths as a player? 42 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,000 I think his physique is, of course, very large, very big. 43 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,000 He's very tall, like usual Dutch people, not like that's who we usually are. 44 00:03:52,000 --> 00:04:00,000 And I think he can see the opportunities where others are starting off to get tired at the end of the game. 45 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 So that was a good thing. 46 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:10,000 But I don't think we really have those technical players anymore like Arjen Robben, like Ruud van Nistelrooy. 47 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:16,000 We have Frankie de Jong, but now he's injured, so he's not at the Euros. 48 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Depay is OK, but I think he has... he struggles with his ego a bit too much. 49 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 So I don't think that's a very good thing. 50 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Akke, of course. 51 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Akke from Manchester City, but you also have Gakpo, right? 52 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Gakpo, yeah. 53 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,000 But he seemed to be very wasteful in that game. He missed a lot of chances. 54 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Yeah, yeah. 55 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:47,000 So we don't really have the dream team of 2010, 2014 anymore. 56 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Could that be a good thing, ironically, because sometimes when you have too many egos in one team and the expectations are really high as well, 57 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:07,000 the pressure from the media and all that from the fans, could it ironically be easier for you to succeed at this tournament? 58 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Yeah, I think so. Maybe they don't have the pressure that we usually put on them, I think. 59 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:21,000 But I do think that the 2010-2014 team worked very smoothly. 60 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,000 They understood each other, they know where they had to be, and the coach wasn't really necessary, I think. 61 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:35,000 In 2010, they had Bert van Marwijk, in 2014 they had Louis van Gaal, and now Ronald Koeman. 62 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:47,000 When I noticed how they were playing yesterday, that they struggled scoring, I wondered whether Koeman really had them where he wanted them to be. 63 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Well, you managed the game pretty well, your coach, Ronald Koeman. He's an ex-player as well, isn't he? 64 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Yeah. 65 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:03,000 But there is something I need to ask you about. I think you know what I'm going to ask you about. 66 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Basically, he was caught on camera doing something quite disgusting, which reminded everyone of what Joachim Löw had done. 67 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 I don't know if you've seen it. 68 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 No, I haven't. 69 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 If you haven't, I will just tell you and all the listeners here. 70 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Basically, he was caught on camera picking his nose and then eating it. 71 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:34,000 I don't think it was an AI thing. I think it happened for real because it's in the media. You have to check it out. 72 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 It's quite funny, but disgusting at the same time. 73 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Yeah. 74 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Oh no, I haven't seen that. No. I'll definitely Google it right after this. 75 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:54,000 I don't understand why in this day and age, when we have cameras everywhere and social media and all that, why you would do something like that? 76 00:06:54,000 --> 00:07:02,000 If you do it in your home, when nobody is looking, then sure, do whatever you want. Who is stopping you? 77 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:09,000 But at the Euros, when you are the most important person of the whole team, I'm not sure. 78 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Yeah, and the camera is always on you. 79 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Yeah, exactly. 80 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Wow. We had friends over and family to celebrate a birthday yesterday and we were watching the game. 81 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I probably miss it at the moment when I had to get drinks for everyone. 82 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:30,000 I didn't notice it as well in real time, but the media were full of it after the game. 83 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Oh wow. Yeah. 84 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:44,000 All right. Well, this is quite a tough group that you have as well because your opponents are France, which everybody thinks will win the group. 85 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:52,000 And then Austria. In the past, they used to be the underdogs, but now I think they are actually pretty, pretty good. 86 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:58,000 They beat Turkey in a friendly match 6-1 or something. They are flying in the recent years. 87 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:05,000 They have been flying. So I think this win is really important for you. Would you agree? 88 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Yeah, I think it sets the tone for the rest of the tournament. It would have been something if it would have lost against Poland. 89 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:18,000 I think that would have changed the entire mood in the country. The level of support Dutch people are willing to give. 90 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Germany is our neighboring country, so it's very easy for Dutch people to simply cross the border and go watch a few matches. 91 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 So I think it's important that they won. I don't know what will happen against France. 92 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:38,000 We have a track record of losing against France, but we also have a record of beating France in spectacular matches. 93 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:46,000 So who knows what might happen. Austria is now still with Rovranić. I don't remember. 94 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 I think so, yeah. I can check. 95 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,000 So that's going to be interesting. 96 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Yeah, I think so. Yeah. 97 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:02,000 So I don't know what is going to happen. I wouldn't put us as the favorites or anything, no. 98 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Okay. But now after this win, you have a very good chance of making it to the last 16, of course. 99 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:23,000 And then anything can happen there. You just have to hope that you don't end up playing against the Czech Republic. 100 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 I think we are your boogie team, aren't we? Boogie team. 101 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 How would you say so? 102 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,000 I don't know. I wonder, would you like to play against us? Would it be an opportunity for a revenge? 103 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Or is it better for you to avoid us? 104 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:46,000 I don't know. I would say that Spain is more like our boogie team because we have, of course, this final thing and then everything that happened afterwards. 105 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 So I would say Spain and Turkey is as well one of those teams that we play. 106 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:56,000 You know, they're also one of our boogie teams. I don't know about the Czech Republic, actually. I don't recall anything. 107 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:06,000 We beat you at the last Euros and then there's the famous one in 2004 that all Czechs, remember, because it was like our best match in decades. 108 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 109 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:16,000 We beat you 3-2. But we also knocked you out in the last Euros, right? 2-0. 110 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 But I think that was one of our worst Euros ever. 111 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 It doesn't count. 112 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 No, no, no, I wouldn't say it counts. No. 113 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 It certainly counted for us. 114 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Yeah. Yeah. 115 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Who knows? You know, it might be the ultimate rematch this time. 116 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Or we get knocked out. We don't even make it out of the group. 117 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,000 You know, we lose to Georgia. You never know. Anything could happen. 118 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:46,000 It's football, right? That's why we all love it because it's unpredictable. 119 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Okay. I also want to ask you about one player called Frimpong, who didn't seem to play or was he subbed on at least? 120 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Which player? 121 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Frimpong. Frimpong. Because he's quite a good player and playing for Bayer Leverkusen. 122 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:14,000 He won the double in Germany now. So I was wondering why he is not starting even because he's such a great talent. 123 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:19,000 I don't know, actually. I haven't focused too much on the Dutch team, actually. 124 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:26,000 I haven't read anything interesting about it because the Euros started kind of sort of randomly. 125 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:33,000 So I am not good. I'm not well prepared. I don't know all the details. 126 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:39,000 That's okay. We forgive you. But second, next time you come on, we want to ask you the same question. 127 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:47,000 I'm joking, of course. But personally, what would be the objective for you, for the Dutch team this time? 128 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Where would you like to go? How far would you like to go? 129 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:56,000 I think it would be nice if it were to reach the finals or at least the semi-finals. 130 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I think it's very important for the Dutch team to show that they... 131 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:06,000 First of all, Ronald Koeman has his team together, right? That he has a team. 132 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:12,000 I think it's important to show that we're still a very good footballing nation. I think that's very important. 133 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:20,000 That's something that we sort of let go of after, I think, 2020-ish. 134 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Yeah. So very modest goals to reach the final. 135 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we missed a European championship, right? 136 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:39,000 We missed the previous one. So it will be good to show that we're still there and that we're still a very good footballing nation. 137 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Absolutely. Well, fingers crossed. I think your group is tough. 138 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:49,000 But now I think you are in a good position after securing three points against Poland. 139 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:57,000 It's Poland that are under pressure now a lot. We'll see what happens in the other game. Austria versus France. 140 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,000 And yeah, we'll take it from there. Yeah, we'll see what happens. 141 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Exactly. Well, thank you very much, Leon Tes, for coming on today and telling us about the Dutch team. 142 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,000 You're very welcome. Yeah, we'll see what happens next. 143 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 How do we say good luck in Dutch? 144 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Viel succes. Feel succes. Yeah, feel succes. 145 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:26,000 That sounds very German slash English to me. Yeah, succes. Yeah, feel. Yeah. 146 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Feel is like feel a feel a dunk. Yeah, it sounds German. OK, then. 147 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Well, thank you again. And cheers. Take care. Bye. 148 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:44,000 In this part of the show, I'm going to do my job, that is to teach English. 149 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:52,000 And I would like to take a look at some grammar, specifically the tense, the English tense past perfect. 150 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Here is the sentence that I used in this episode. 151 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:04,000 He was caught on camera doing something disgusting, which reminded everyone of what Joachim Love had done. 152 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:09,000 So basically, the main action here is that he was caught on camera. 153 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:16,000 The Dutch manager, Koeman, was seen picking his nose and then eating it. 154 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:22,000 And then I wanted to point out to something that had happened in the past. 155 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Joachim Love is an ex-German manager. 156 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Years ago, he used to sniff certain parts of his body and also picked his nose. 157 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,000 And he did disgusting stuff. It's all well documented. 158 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 You can find it on YouTube. Just Google Joachim Love. 159 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:45,000 And basically, if you want to go back in time in English, right? 160 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:54,000 If you want to say something that happened before the main action, then you need to use the past perfect tense. 161 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Now, it doesn't happen when you are only sort of giving one action after another, right? 162 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 If it's a chronological sequence, right? 163 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:13,000 I woke up in the morning, I took a shower, I brushed my teeth, I had breakfast. 164 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 This is a chronological sequence. 165 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,000 In this case, we don't need past perfect tense. 166 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:23,000 But if I talk about what Koeman did in the match yesterday, 167 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:28,000 and then I want to point out to something in the past, well, then I have to use past perfect. 168 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:38,000 And past perfect is made by using head plus the ed ending, the past participle, the third form of the verb. 169 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:44,000 With the regular verbs is the ed ending, with irregular verbs, it's the third form of the verb. 170 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Here it's done, do, did, done, right? 171 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:55,000 So, yeah, I can give you another example, but I would like you to think about this. 172 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Imagine a team is dominating in a game. 173 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:06,000 I know they are, let's say, 4-0 down, and the fans decide to leave the stadium. 174 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:14,000 And then your manager, there's nothing to lose, you can just sort of test some players. 175 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Your manager decides to bring some players on, to substitute someone and introduce a new player, right? 176 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 So we have a context here. 177 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:28,000 The team is losing, the game is over, but a player is being subbed on. 178 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Now, imagine this. 179 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,000 You are that player, and you're speaking from your point of view. 180 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Okay, when I came on the pitch, right? 181 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 You are that player that is being substituted. 182 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:48,000 When I came on the pitch, the fans had left. 183 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Now, imagine I say this. 184 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:55,000 When I came on the pitch, the fans left. 185 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Or, when I came on the pitch, the fans were leaving. 186 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:05,000 So we have three different English tenses, and each of them has a slightly different meaning, right? 187 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Now, when I came on the pitch, the fans had left. 188 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,000 It means by the time I entered the pitch, the fans had already gone. 189 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:22,000 It means there were no fans in the stadium when I entered the pitch, because it was 4-0, so no need to stay there, right? 190 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,000 The fans gave up on their team. 191 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Now, when I entered the pitch, the fans left. 192 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:36,000 It means that I am kind of the reason the fans left, because they left as a reaction to me entering the pitch. 193 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Okay, which is weird, but I guess it can happen. 194 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:44,000 The fans, their team is losing 4-0, and then the decision of the manager to bring me on. 195 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I mean, what could be possibly crazier than to bring me on as a substitute? 196 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:58,000 And then the third option was, when I entered the pitch, the fans were leaving, which only means that I came on the pitch as the fans were leaving. 197 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 The fans were in the process of leaving. 198 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,000 The fans were in the middle of leaving the stadium, let's say. 199 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Okay, I hope it's clear, guys. 200 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Hopefully you understand it. 201 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Do you have any more examples? 202 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Leave the comments down below, why not? 203 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,000 And as always, please subscribe to this channel. 204 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:22,000 And if you really want to help this channel, please go to Apple Podcasts and write a simple review. 205 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Give five stars to the podcast and say how you're enjoying this podcast, because then the algorithm will show it to more people. 206 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Anyway, thank you very much for listening, and I will speak to you again soon. 207 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Bye for now.