1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 You're listening to the Footglitch Podcast. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Love football, learn English. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Is Hungary happy with three points out of three games? 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Should the Scottish have had a penalty? 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Do football fans mistake Orbán the player for the politician? 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:42,000 And what does the phrase not to have a reds chance in hell mean? 7 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Hello everyone, welcome back to the Footglitch Podcast. 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:52,000 My name is Denek Lukas and this is a podcast about football which can help you learn English. 9 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,000 It's your companion to learn English via football. 10 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,000 And today I'm going to talk about, as always, the Euros. 11 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 And this time I will be covering the Hungarian team. 12 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,000 And for that I've invited onto the podcast Tommy. 13 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Hi Tommy, how are you? 14 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Yes, thank you, Teacher Z, I'm good. 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,000 I'm more than good. 16 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Being invited onto a podcast is so wonderful because usually it's me doing it from your side. 17 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:34,000 And instead I'm on the other side of the podcast which I find wonderful. 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:47,000 The irony that you've got me on as a half Hungarian to talk about a Hungarian football team is that you won't get me talking much about it. 19 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Well, I was hoping I would. That was the idea. 20 00:01:51,000 --> 00:02:00,000 If you only tell us half of what a Hungarian football fan would tell us, it's still okay. 21 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Because you're half Hungarian, right? So you're half English. I can tell by the accent. 22 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 You're half British, half Hungarian. Am I right? 23 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Yes, exactly. That's it. 24 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Okay. And unfortunately I've got loads of English people that I can talk to about the English team, 25 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,000 but no Hungarian people to talk to about the Hungarian team. 26 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 So you have that job, if that's okay. 27 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:30,000 To be fair, it might be the better job out of the two. 28 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,000 I'm good for it. I don't mind what you throw at me. 29 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I will give you half as good as anyone will give you, but then the other half will be just as good. 30 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 So technically speaking, you're getting 100% out of it either way. 31 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Oh, and I forgot to say it's not a job. You're not getting paid. 32 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 But you can mention your podcast if you want. 33 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 You cheek, you bring me on here. 34 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,000 I did not promise anything, I swear. 35 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:06,000 By the way, if anyone's watching this, and I know there are lots of you watching this, 36 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 it just promised me 2,000 euros for this. 37 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,000 So now's the time to go up in arms and say it's not right. 38 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Actually, it was 2,024 euros. 39 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 That's it, because it's Euro 2024. 40 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 What's your first question you've got for me then, teachers? 41 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:34,000 My first question is, how do you rate the Hungarian performances so far at the Euro? 42 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,000 So you've got three games in the group stage, right? 43 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Three points under your belt. Is that good enough? 44 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Well, I mean, put it this way. It was a very snap, it was very smash and grab against the Scottish. 45 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,000 I didn't watch the game personally. 46 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:01,000 But from the other performances I saw from the Hungarians against the Swiss, 47 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,000 against the Germans, they were cut open really easily. 48 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 They were seriously cut open. 49 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:18,000 And going forward, it felt like they were always relying on one player. 50 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Dominic Soboslay from Liverpool. 51 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 It felt like every time the ball was going forward, they were looking for him. 52 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:34,000 And it had a sort of feeling like Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo, 53 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,000 with Argentina and Neomessy, that you're always looking for your talisman to take you forward. 54 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:46,000 And it felt that every time that ball did get to him, there was no... 55 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Everyone stopped and it felt like, OK, we're waiting for you to do your magic now, Dominic. 56 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Let's get on with it. You know, let's see what you can do. 57 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:58,000 And then when he did do his magic, when he did get past that defender, 58 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:05,000 when he did try and move the ball a bit quicker, the rest of the team are not as good as him. 59 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:10,000 This is the problem when you have teams of one player, right? 60 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:15,000 We've heard this expression before and it looks like it's you now, 61 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:23,000 even though I'm a bit surprised because I thought in the recent years the Hungarian football has gone up. 62 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,000 And it's the second time in a row you're at the Euros as well, 63 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:35,000 which wasn't always the case, right? Two back-to-back participations in this tournament. 64 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:42,000 What's interesting is that the Hungarians have gone unbeaten for what I think about 18 months, two years perhaps. 65 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:49,000 And that included a very big surprise win against England in the Nations League at Wembley, 66 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:54,000 where they completely played them off the park that night. 67 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:05,000 And people are comparing it to the golden generation, the magic magyars, the golden generation of the 50s. 68 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:14,000 But if you're going to put it up against the likes of Pushkash, if you're going to put it up against the likes of Hidek Kuti, 69 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:23,000 this batch of players do not have the same calibre as the golden generation of the 50s. 70 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:29,000 What do you think would happen if England were to play Hungary at this tournament? 71 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I mean, technically it could still happen, right? 72 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:42,000 It could still happen. The chance of Hungary going through are rats' tails' chance in hell, if you want to give it that, even that chance. 73 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:47,000 There is a chance, though. There is a chance because it depends on the other two groups, right? 74 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:57,000 If your nation Czechia decides to throw the towel in early tonight, 26th June 2024, 75 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:03,000 then Hungary are on their way to the knockout stages of a European Championships. 76 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:15,000 And should Hungary make it to the next, should Hungary get that far, it would be a sign that Hungarian football is going in the right direction. 77 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 It is going in the right direction. 78 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Hang on. Are you telling me that it depends on the performance of the Czech Republic team, whether Hungary is going in the right direction or not? 79 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:33,000 There is too much responsibility on our shoulders, too much weight. 80 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:42,000 What I am going to say is, if I put the Czechia team up against Hungarians and compare them one to one, 81 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:52,000 I don't think the Hungarians have a rats' tails' chance in hell of even being able to beat Czechia. 82 00:07:52,000 --> 00:08:00,000 But if I look at your performances, and I am nothing against the Czech Republic, nothing against your team, 83 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:06,000 because you have got some quality players, Patrick Schick up top, seems to know where the goal is. 84 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:15,000 It just seems that there is a sort of imbalance in certain areas, whether that be up top, whether that be in midfield, 85 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:25,000 whether that be in defence. If you want me to compare Hungary, I put Hungary in about League One in British football. 86 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000 And Czechia in League Two. 87 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Well, I don't know. You have got Patrick Schick up top, like I said. 88 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:46,000 When he plays to his highest calibre, he is, I would say, a lower Premier League player. He would make it in the lower Premier League. 89 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Generally speaking, though, both teams, Czechia and Hungary, are probably League One teams. 90 00:08:53,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Yeah, similar level. I agree. Well, you said that you hadn't watched the Scotland-Hungary game, 91 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:10,000 but I can assume that you have seen the highlights at least. 92 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Of course. I mean, I have to say, if you want to call them highlights, so to speak, I would be calling them more lowlights, if anything. 93 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:35,000 I have three moments from that game that were noticeable. The penalty appeal by Scotland, the injury to Barnabas Varga and the goal you scored to win the game. 94 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Let's talk about them in chronological order. I think the penalty shout happened first. 95 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Did the Scottish have any leg to stand on in the penalty? 96 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I'm going to put it this way. In my over 20 years of watching football, I have seen them given. I have seen them not given. 97 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:01,000 And you have to remember that we now have VAR. 98 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:10,000 And I understand the qualm of Steve Clark after the match where he said, why hasn't he taken it to VAR? Why is VAR not even looking at it? 99 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:25,000 I understand it. At the same time, it feels more like a bitter rant from a manager who knows that his team, generally speaking, in the course of the European championships, have not done enough. 100 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:38,000 They were ripped apart, ripped to pieces against the Germans, although technically speaking, the red card and the penalty on the opening night against Germany was incredibly harsh, if you want to call it that. 101 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Against the Swiss, they were lucky to come out with anything. And against the Hungarians, well, like I said at the beginning, it's more smash and grab sort of job. 102 00:10:47,000 --> 00:11:01,000 But generally speaking, it's more, in my opinion, the rant of a man who knows his team has not performed on the stage and have probably got stage fright, if you want to call it that. 103 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:08,000 So basically, it's one of those if referee had given it, it wouldn't have been overturned. 104 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,000 You know, like I said, you seem to be given, but you've also seen that they're not being given. 105 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:25,000 And, you know, generally speaking, as an Englishman myself, I was happy to see the Scots go home. 106 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:31,000 You know, it's a sort of there is a rivalry between the English and the Scottish. There always will be. 107 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:36,000 And I was happy to see them, you know, tack their bags early, so to speak. 108 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,000 To be fair, they they did not really pull out any trees and they deserve to be knocked out. 109 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 But what about as a Hungarian then? 110 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,000 As a Hungarian, I mean, Hungary and Scotland don't really have a rivalry. 111 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:53,000 You know, there is no there's no bitter. There's no sort of bitterness between the two countries. 112 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:59,000 I personally think it is what it is and we need to move on from it. 113 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,000 So it was a you think it was a fair challenge and it was right. 114 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000 I'm not saying it's fair. I'm not saying it's unfair. 115 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:13,000 I'm sort of being here very diplomatic and trying to stay on the right side of the law here and say, 116 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,000 I've seen them given, but I've seen them not given at the same time. 117 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:28,000 So I guess that's what you hear from a person who is half half English and half Hungarian. 118 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 If I ask you the question, was it a penalty or not? 119 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 You just won't say anything. I will not give you an answer. 120 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:40,000 I will not give you an answer. I will not be I will not be duped into giving you an answer on it. 121 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Thank God you're not a referee then. 122 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:49,000 And you are a guest on the podcast because we are OK with this. We are OK with this. 123 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:56,000 So then we have got the second moment, which was a horrific injury to your player Barnabas Varka. 124 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 So that didn't look good at all. 125 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:06,000 The moment that you see it, every time you see it and every angle you look at it from, it gets worse and worse. 126 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,000 It gets to the point where you're sort of hiding behind the sofa drop. 127 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:19,000 What was interesting was that Dominic Szoloszny after the match said that the medics had come on too late. 128 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Yeah. 129 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:33,000 You wait for reacts by saying the 15 second protocol was brought, you know, 15 second protocol was held and there was no, you know, there was nothing wrong with what happened. 130 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:41,000 But the injury itself is obviously incredibly, you know, it's it makes you want to sort of hide behind the sofa. 131 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:46,000 It is really every every angle you look at it from, it gets worse and worse. 132 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 To be fair, I'm even surprised you've seen it. 133 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 It's possible that in your country it's not censored. 134 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:57,000 But in my country, we they were not showing any high any replace of that. 135 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:03,000 So I don't even know what exactly happened there, to be fair, because I was watching the game. 136 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 So I should have probably seen it in real time. 137 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:12,000 But, you know, if these things happen really quickly or you get distracted, you're not paying you're not exactly paying attention. 138 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,000 And then obviously the players were surrounded. 139 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,000 The guy was lying on the floor. 140 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:24,000 It looked like that moment we had with Christian Eriksen three years ago. 141 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:30,000 They also put they also put like a carver around him, like a carver. 142 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,000 And and then, as you said, Dominic Sobozla, yeah. 143 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 So that was a moment. The medical staff. 144 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,000 I believe this is not this is not the Hungarian medical staff. 145 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 I was told this these guys are from UEFA. 146 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:48,000 So they were they were walking at a normal pace towards the injured player. 147 00:14:48,000 --> 00:15:00,000 So then Dominic Sobozla, when he saw that he he got mad and grabbed them by the by the shirts and the stretcher and just took, come on, guys, what are you doing? 148 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Why are you so slow? So it looked like like the commentator was actually praising this. 149 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 So it looked like he had a point. 150 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Obviously, what I'm saying is that the comment for me sounded sounded as if it was coming from a political side. 151 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:23,000 It sounded like it was a politically sort of political jab, if you want to say it, the anyone and everyone, you know, sort of like poking a finger. 152 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Yes, the medics could have gone quicker. Yes, they could have perhaps brought that stretcher on a little quicker. 153 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:42,000 But at the same time, it felt like it was more of a politically motivated jab at the UEFA for not doing for not doing what they were meant to do properly. 154 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:47,000 But generally speaking, they did their job. 155 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,000 And now Vardegar has, you know, has woken up. 156 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:57,000 He's he's he was able to take a selfie with the with the nurses and the doctors and everyone else. 157 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:03,000 And so it seems he's now back to he's he's healthy at least. 158 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,000 He's got he's got a broken is it collarbone or cheekbone? 159 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,000 One of those cheekbone, which that is that is a big one. 160 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 You know, that is a really that's a nasty injury. 161 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:22,000 So, you know, if he gets better from it, the goal, I know, I know you're going to ask me about the goal. 162 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Yeah, I have to. 163 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 I'm going to I'm just going to put it out there. 164 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Like I've been saying for the whole time, smash and grab job. 165 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:38,000 You know, a quick counterattack followed by a quick goal up the other end. And you think to yourself, could that be? 166 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Could could there have been maybe better defending? 167 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Could it have been maybe better defended at the corner, you know, at the corner or, you know, that's a play. 168 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You just think that because the Scottish needed something out of that game, they were throwing literally everything at it. 169 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:10,000 So obviously, and this is like the Georgia game against Turkey where they were two one down and the last minute they bring the keeper up and then let's go up the other end and they score a goal. 170 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:16,000 It feels like. It could have things could have been different. 171 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Yeah, it makes sense because this is not the way the Scottish play. 172 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,000 And they, as you said, they literally threw a kitchen sink at them at that point. 173 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:29,000 And so they had they had nothing to lose and and they had to do something. 174 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:36,000 So but for Hungary, that was a window for for the opportunity to to get it done themselves. 175 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 And they needed it. Oh, boy, they needed it as well. 176 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Now they have a chance. Now they have a little chance. Right. 177 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:47,000 And like I said, it's a rat's tail chance in hell that is going to happen. 178 00:17:47,000 --> 00:18:00,000 It's it's to have Hungary go through to the next round would be nice because you see a smaller team getting through to the next round. 179 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:07,000 But on the other side, it's then got the then you've got the propaganda side from politics, which I'm not going to go into. 180 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:17,000 But you know that the Hungarians, Hungarian politics can use this as a sort of machine to to make so to speak. 181 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,000 So that's Orban, obviously. And not my not my favorite person. 182 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:26,000 I can see not your favorite person either, which I'm glad we agree on. 183 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:34,000 But this is not a political podcast. But funnily enough, I've noticed there is also a player in the team called Orban. 184 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 So I want to ask you this last question. 185 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Do people actually mistake Orban, the politician, for Orban, the player? 186 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Or does everyone know that the politician isn't actually playing for Hungary in the Euros? 187 00:18:50,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Well, the thing is, Orban, the politician, played football when he was younger and he is he apparently is big football fan. 188 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:08,000 He likes his football and everything he does with football is for him like a is a propaganda. 189 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Well, he built a fantastic stadium, for example, like in his hometown, he built a stadium, which would be which would probably be better placed in the Premier League than in Hungary. 190 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Not obviously with his own hands. I mean, he had he had he had people build it for him. 191 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:32,000 He had people build it with, you know, with their sort of, you know, with whatever it was that they did. 192 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:42,000 And I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty of that just in case the politician is listening to this and does have any has a fetish for suing me. 193 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:47,000 But we don't want we don't want this podcast to be cancelled in Hungary either. 194 00:19:47,000 --> 00:20:03,000 So generally speaking, I would say that there have been memes. I have seen memes of it, you know, of is this guy really the politician or is this guy really the footballer? 195 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:08,000 But generally speaking, I don't think people in Hungary make that mistake. 196 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:20,000 At all. It would come from outside. It would come from the UK. It would come from other countries. You know, sort of a bit less who don't know that, you know, don't have done their research about it. 197 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:28,000 But you can see why people would make that would make that judgment on it and would find it funny to do that. 198 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Well, he's much older, obviously. He would be too slow for the game. 199 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Yeah, so the guy makes me look like an anorexic. So, you know, that is a fantastic end to this podcast. 200 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Again, you're one of those that I cannot exactly say good luck to you, unfortunately, because the only way you go through is if basically you need the Czech Republic to draw to draw or lose. 201 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:04,000 And Portugal to beat Georgia as well or or draw at least. So I cannot say good luck to you. I'm sorry. 202 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:15,000 But if if if by any chance we manage to lose to Turkey, which is a possibility, of course, we're not we are not at our best as well. 203 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Then I guess good luck to you. But not before this happens, please. 204 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Well, I would like to say one thing. Thank you for getting me on here to talk about this. 205 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,000 This this side of football. And I would say good luck to you tonight and break a leg. 206 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:37,000 But I would I wouldn't want to wish that on wish that even on my worst enemy. 207 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:43,000 So let's just leave it at let the let the best team win and the worst team lose. 208 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:56,000 And if that means that Czech Republic do not go through to the next round and Hungary do, then it's been a pleasure seeing the Czech Republic flounder again in the European Championship. 209 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Well, we will see. We will see what happens. Thank you very much, Tommy. And take care. Bye bye. 210 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Welcome back. In this part of the show, I'm going to teach you something, because as you know, I'm an English teacher. 211 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:24,000 So I have to do my job, right? OK, so this time we are looking at three fixed phrases, three idioms or idiomatic phrases if you want. 212 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:30,000 These are really hard to remember and to learn because there are so many of them. 213 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:36,000 If you look at the individual words in those phrases, they have completely different meaning from the meaning of the whole phrase. 214 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:43,000 So it takes time to really get these into your own English language, sort of lexicon. 215 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Right now, in this episode, there were plenty of them coming from Tommy. 216 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,000 He said it was a very smash and grab against Scotland. 217 00:22:54,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Or you can say it was a smash and grab victory. Now, smash and grab, I believe originally it's used or it was used for a robbery. 218 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:12,000 A robbery when you have got some guys covered in hoots or they have balaclavas or what have you. 219 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:22,000 And they go and rob a bank or a shop or even a car and they break the window quickly and then they take whatever they can. 220 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:27,000 They don't stay there for a long time. They just take it quickly and leave. Right. 221 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:35,000 So in a similar way, when you talk about a smash and grab victory, usually it is used to talk about an underdog in the game. 222 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Someone who doesn't have many opportunities in that game and usually is under pressure, has fewer attempts on goal and is the worst team generally. 223 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:56,000 But still somehow managing to win the game, probably with the last chance, a goal scored in the last minute or something. 224 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Then we can talk about a smash and grab win, a smash and grab victory. 225 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:11,000 So that's what basically Tommy was saying here that the Scottish were maybe better or not worse than Hungary. 226 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:17,000 And then Hungary just scored one goal from one chance at the end of the game and they won it. Right. 227 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000 It was a smash and grab victory. Right. 228 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Then we were talking about hypothetical match between Czechia and Hungary and Tommy said, I don't think Hungary have a red tail chance in hell to be Czechia. 229 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:36,000 What this means is that Hungary don't have a chance to beat the Czech Republic at all. 230 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:45,000 So this is an interesting idiom. I think the original idiom is to not to have a snowball chance in hell. Right. 231 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Because a snowball, of course, if you expose it to very warm conditions, if you put it in hell, in hell, there's a lot of fire and high temperature. 232 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:04,000 If you put a snowball there, it's going to melt immediately. So the snowball doesn't have a chance at all. Right. 233 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:10,000 So that was the original idiom. But then I think people started using different words instead of the word snowball. 234 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:19,000 For example, some people say not a cat chance in hell to do something for something to happen. 235 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:27,000 And Tommy used another alternative, not a rat chance in hell. It means that the rat has no chance to survive in hell, basically. 236 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Yeah. And if you can use it metaphorically to to talk about football, right, if if a team doesn't have a rat chance in hell to win the game, 237 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:48,000 then that means that they are the strong underdogs. They they are not given many chances at all. 238 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:56,000 OK, that's a fun idiom for sure. And then we have got one more. And that one I use that one. 239 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:05,000 But when we were talking about the Scottish penalty appeal, that's when the Scottish wanted a penalty for an incident in the penalty box. 240 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:12,000 And I wanted to know what Tommy's opinion is. So I asked him, did the Scottish have a leg to stand on? 241 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:17,000 So that's another interesting idiom to have a leg to stand on. 242 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Basically, that means did the Scottish have any good arguments to support this appeal? They wanted a penalty, right? 243 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:33,000 What for? What for? Was that was that a foul, really? Because it was kind of 50-50 that challenge. 244 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:39,000 So did they have enough arguments to support their position? Could they prove it? 245 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:46,000 So if you if you don't have a leg to stand on, usually it's used in this negative way, then you just basically you don't have a clue. 246 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:54,000 You don't know. Like you don't have any arguments. You can't prove what you are saying. OK, so that's it. 247 00:26:54,000 --> 00:27:03,000 I hope you guys enjoyed this episode of the Footglitch podcast. If you did, please make sure you subscribe to the podcast. 248 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:10,000 You can do this on your favorite podcasting app. Wherever you listen to your podcasts, it should be available there. 249 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Thank you so much for listening and I'll speak to you soon. Take care. Bye bye.