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 --> 00:00:12,000 Are the Dutch confident they can defeat England and reach the final? 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Who are Netherlands' most informed players right now? 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 When did the Netherlands win the Euro last time? 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:43,000 And what does the classic English phrase squeaky bum time mean? 7 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Hello Footglitchers, how are you doing? 8 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 I hope you're doing great. Here is another episode of your favorite football podcast, 9 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 which is your solution to learning English in a fun way. 10 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Or at least I hope so. 11 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 And this episode is a historic moment, 12 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,000 because it's the first time ever on this podcast that we have a returning guest. 13 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,000 And of course it is my friend and a fellow English teacher, Leontes, 14 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000 who you may also know as Mr. Henriquez. 15 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 By the way, check out his YouTube channel. 16 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 The link is in the description of this podcast. 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Leontes, welcome back to the Footglitch Podcast. 18 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Hi Sennik, thanks for having me again. I'm honored. 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Hi, it's a pleasure. I think you know why you are back, by the way. 20 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 I think you know the reason. 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Yeah, yeah. We've made it until the semi-finals. 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Into the semi-finals even, yeah. 23 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Yeah, when you say we, I don't think you're referring to you and I. 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Yeah, because we are not from the same country. 25 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I'm from the Czech Republic, you're from the Netherlands. 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:55,000 And your team, the Dutch, you are in the semi-final of Euro 2024. 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 The tulips are blooming. 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Yeah, yeah, for some reason. 29 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Sort of a miracle, I think. 30 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 But it's nice to hear it, isn't it? 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Yeah, yeah. 32 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,000 But a good thing about having low expectations is that everything that's, 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 you know, that's above your expectations is a success. 34 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 So in that case, we're having a success. 35 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Exactly, exactly. 36 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Because if you have very high expectations, then you can only get disappointed. 37 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Yeah, yeah. Look at Portugal, Germany. 38 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Exactly. 39 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaking of tulips, did you know that they actually came from the Ottoman Empire? 40 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 From Turkey. 41 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Did you know that? 42 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 No. 43 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Because they are your national flower. 44 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 45 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 We have lots and lots of tulip fields. 46 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 So that's definitely worth visiting if you're ever in the Netherlands. 47 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Definitely go to one of the tulip fields. 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,000 I had to mention that because it's a fun fact. 49 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 And because, of course, you played against Turkey in the quarterfinal. 50 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Yeah. 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 And you beat them 2-1. 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,000 It was the only game that did not go to extra time. 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Yeah, yeah. 54 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 It was quite an interesting game, definitely. 55 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I would say it was one of the better games as well. 56 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Because unfortunately, we have seen some really, really uninspiring, lackluster games in this tournament, 57 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 especially in the knockout stages. 58 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Yeah. 59 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Right? 60 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,000 So kudos to you for not being part of that. 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Well, I was going to watch the game. 62 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,000 I was on my way watching the game with my girlfriend's family. 63 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 So we were in the car and she said, what do you think that's going to happen? 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:49,000 I said, well, we're probably going to lose based on some sort of ugly goal that Turkey will score somewhere near the end. 65 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 And OK, right, we didn't lose. 66 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 We won the game. 67 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:57,000 But it was an ugly goal in a way that you can think, eh. 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:03,000 And so when we were behind, I went around the room and said, 69 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,000 you see, this is what I mean. 70 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Yeah, the truth is, your winning goal wasn't one of the most beautiful goals you could see in football. 71 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 We call these scrappy goals. 72 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 I thought your player actually scored it. 73 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 It was Gakpo, wasn't it? 74 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 But it turned out that it was an old goal. 75 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Yeah, yeah, we also thought it was Gakpo. 76 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 But then we saw that was an old goal. 77 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Yeah. 78 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:37,000 It looked like Gakpo kind of made it happen because he forced that defender to make a mistake. 79 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Yeah, yeah. 80 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaking of Gakpo, he has been doing really well. 81 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 I think he's your best player so far, isn't he? 82 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 83 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,000 I think same goes for Donyell Malen, who has also been quite excellent, actually. 84 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 And of course, Wout Weghorst. 85 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:59,000 For some weird reason, Wout Weghorst is sort of like the Ruud van Nistelrooy of the... 86 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:09,000 or Robin van Persie, not really Robin van Persie, because he's not as quick of the contemporary Oranje, as we would call them. 87 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Well, he's not as quick now, of course, Ruud van Nistelrooy, right? 88 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 No, no. 89 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Yeah, but once he was. 90 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Yeah. 91 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Exactly. 92 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:36,000 By the way, going back to Gakpo, I think he has a decent chance of winning the Golden Boot this time, because I believe there are several players on three goals, but all of them are knocked out. 93 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Oh, wow. 94 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:45,000 There's Ivan Schranst of Slovakia, Musiela from Germany, and then there's one more. I can't remember his name. 95 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Is it Ronaldo? Probably usually Ronaldo. 96 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 No, it's not. 97 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Oh, okay. 98 00:05:49,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Ronaldo didn't score any goals this time. By the way, the previous episode was about Ronaldo. So, yeah, Gakpo has three goals under his belt. 99 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:07,000 So if he scores in the semi-final, I think one more goal should do it. 100 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Yeah, no, I think he should definitely try to score. I think he's going to score. Yeah, based on his form, his recent form, I think he's going to score. Yeah. 101 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Yeah. 102 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Or Daniel Malen, or maybe even I think the three of them, you know, and maybe if he has a good day, Memphis Depay, but I wouldn't put my money on Memphis Depay. 103 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Yeah, it seems like he's not in best shape. 104 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:51,000 No, no. I think there were some key moments during the final game where you kind of noticed that Memphis Depay is not as agile as, let's say, an Arjen Robben or maybe, you know, any of those other players. 105 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:59,000 You know, he's not as quick as Daniel James, the leads and are a Welsh player. 106 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:05,000 So you really see that in these games and he's kind of, you know, he's off track. 107 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:14,000 He's very strong, probably. He's very, you know, he's very strong, but all of that muscle doesn't really help him with his agility. 108 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:19,000 And in this game against Turkey, you played really well, but so did Turkey. 109 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:29,000 And there were some moments where it looked like the Turks were going to equalise. You had some amazing goal line clearances and the goalkeeper was nowhere near the ball. 110 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:37,000 He was in no man's land. Yeah. And one of your defenders cleared the ball. 111 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:46,000 It was amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I do think that this, of course, this rivalry between Turkey and the Netherlands is always very interesting when they play football. 112 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Lots of Turkish people went onto the streets as well with the Dutch supporters for some reason. 113 00:07:52,000 --> 00:08:01,000 I don't know why they do this. And there's this joke that goes around in the Netherlands where, you know, are you familiar with the idea of Turkish weddings? 114 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:07,000 What they do when they have a Turkish wedding that all of the cars kind of follow each other and honk. 115 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Or there's this in Dutch, there is a word for honking, which is tutoren. And then there's this sketch online of a professional company that makes sketches where they say tutoren, right? 116 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Where there's some sort of Turkish accent. So everybody goes like, well, there's not tutoren anymore now. 117 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Right. Because they would do this if they were to win the game against the Netherlands. 118 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:41,000 It's like a meme going around. Yeah. Yeah. No, they have very passionate fans in some way. 119 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:51,000 It could be considered borderline crazy and mad and insane. But, you know, they love football there. That's for sure. 120 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:58,000 And if they can avoid being violent, which we have seen as well, then I love it, actually. I'm a big fan. 121 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,000 I think they also have very passionate players. I think that's something that really stood out during the game. 122 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:13,000 That the Turkish players are passionate. They're willing to fight till the end. And we lack that passion. I think the Oranje players lack passion. 123 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:24,000 I think they take things a bit for granted, especially the big names like Virgil van Dijk, even Kackpo sometimes, Depay, definitely. 124 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Where you see them kind of take it for granted that they're there. Whereas, you know, you want to see the passion. 125 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:42,000 You want to see that we're in the game to win. So, yeah, to be honest, I think Turkey have been a lot of people's favorite team in this tournament. 126 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:50,000 And even I warmed up to them because obviously we lost against them. There were some issues with the referee. 127 00:09:50,000 --> 00:10:05,000 And it was quite painful for the Czechs to swallow. But I have to say, objectively, with the benefit of hindsight, now they are one of the few teams who have been the shining light of the tournament. 128 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:15,000 So, well, well done. Well done beating them. And now you're in the semifinal and your next opponent is England. 129 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Yeah. How does that sound? I feel like I'm in an existential crisis now because I usually support England. 130 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Usually I do. Yeah. Yeah. On European rounds on the World Cup, I usually support England. 131 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Now I notice that they're playing very boring football this this tournament. So, yeah, I don't know. 132 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:48,000 We have this this this competition thing with some friends. And I said, well, England is going to win the Cup. 133 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:58,000 But then, of course, we're now facing England. So it's either I lose or we lose. So I don't know what I find more important. 134 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:07,000 If I look at everything, if you look at a picture, I think that we're going to win. It's safe to say that we're going to win. 135 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:16,000 So I don't think England have found their routine in this tournament. I think that's something that they're struggling with. 136 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:24,000 I don't know whether Southgate has anything to do with it, but I think, you know, if I were him, I would have picked Rashford, for example. 137 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:30,000 But that's just me. You are a Manchester United fan. That's the reason. Yeah. 138 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:38,000 No, I have to be honest. Yeah. You think you're going to win? Yeah. Yeah. Great. Great. 139 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Now, I have to be honest with you. I also wanted to support England. 140 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:49,000 They were about my third, fourth team at the Euros. Yeah. After the Czech Republic, then Slovakia. 141 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:59,000 I also wanted Ukraine to do well and then England. But after all these performances, I can't bring myself to cheer for them anymore. 142 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:07,000 I just can't. I would rather. I will be honest with you. I have changed my stance and I would rather you won it now. 143 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Wow. All right. So you're wearing an orange shirt tomorrow as well? No, not necessarily. But my money is on a draw, actually. 144 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:25,000 So I have placed a bet on two draws. Yeah. Yeah. But I hope we don't go into penalties because I think penalties don't show anything. 145 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Well, that's that's I think where England, ironically, they shine because they have some very good players with a lot of self-belief. 146 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:39,000 While they may not be in good form, penalties are about confidence and self-belief. 147 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:49,000 And the narrative of England being a terrible penalty team, I think, has been put to bed. Right. 148 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:57,000 So they are no longer that bad team. They can actually take good penalties now. England. 149 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,000 There was a glitch for some for a minute or for a few seconds you froze. Yeah. 150 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Well, let's hope your players don't freeze during this game. 151 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:14,000 No, I hope. I think I think that that I don't want to go to penalties. I think penalties are nerve wracking. 152 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:19,000 I think it's squeaky bum time, which I don't like. 153 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:26,000 And I think they don't really show the skills of the team. I mean, what you what you said about individual players that write, of course, that's correct. 154 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And I also think if you think of of previous matches in which it ended in penalties with the Netherlands, I think the Dutch coaches have proven themselves to make good substitutions. 155 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:45,000 You know, Louis van Gaal, for example, substituting the goalkeeper in the final two minutes of additional time. 156 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 So that was a that was something very interesting. 157 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:54,000 But I'd rather see one of them either win and win properly than go into into penalties. 158 00:13:54,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Yeah, that's fair. The thing is, like, we probably can expect something similar from England that we have seen so far. 159 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Right. So to me, it seems like they only start playing when they when they are trailing. 160 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Yeah. When it's a nil nil, they will just show nothing. It's boredom. 161 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Yeah. I can't see how this could suddenly change dramatically. 162 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:29,000 I don't see a reason for it. Hurricane is out of form. Foden isn't clicking with the team at all. 163 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:39,000 So it's kind of on Saka's shoulders at the moment. He had a good game against Switzerland and Bellingham also not his best tournament, 164 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:45,000 but at least he can be in the right place at the right time and show some moments of brilliance. 165 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:50,000 So this is someone you have to be careful about for sure. 166 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Yeah. So I hope that we've gained some confidence after winning against Turkey. 167 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:06,000 And let's hope I've spoken to some friends who think it's going to be a Dutch Spanish final again, which is something we don't like. 168 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,000 That's what I want to happen. Yeah. 169 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:17,000 I asked Jad GPT for the competition that I'm in with my friends who is going to win. 170 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:23,000 And they mentioned England as the winner and France is being a good contender. 171 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Same with Spain and Portugal. Then I said, what about the Netherlands? Will they win? 172 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:34,000 And they said, well, they're not in the favorites. The bookmarkers wouldn't put them in the favorites, but they're okay. 173 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,000 So who knows? 174 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Well, probably a better position to be in, because sometimes when you are considered to be a strong favorite, you get complacent 175 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:54,000 and you have too much too much self-confidence and pride precipitates a dizzying fall sometimes. 176 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:02,000 So that's why perhaps this is a better situation to be in. 177 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:07,000 But it looks like your team has been slowly improving. 178 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:13,000 I thought in the group stages, it was nothing to write home about. 179 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:20,000 And he didn't really show much, but slowly, but surely, I think you're gaining some momentum. 180 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Yeah, I think so. The knockout matches show your potential. 181 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Yeah, I think Koeman has a job at hand. 182 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:40,000 I think he needs to think of a new generation, let go of players like Memphis, 183 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:46,000 find other players, other Dutch players that are worth taking to the World Cup in two years, 184 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:51,000 see what they do, train them in such a way that there's a philosophy in the team that works. 185 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:58,000 I think that's his biggest challenge, regardless of what happens tomorrow. 186 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:05,000 All right. And my final question for you, Leontes, must be who would you like to have in the final? 187 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Well, I think a Spanish-Dutch competition would be fine. 188 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:16,000 We have in our national anthem, we sing, Ben ik van Duitsche bloed, 189 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:22,000 so we sing I am from German blood or something. 190 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:30,000 And then we also say, de koning van Hispanië, which is the king of Spain, heb ik altijd geëerd, 191 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:35,000 which is a reference back to the times when the Dutch were part of Spain, 192 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,000 the Netherlands were part of Spain, the lower countries. 193 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:44,000 So, you know, that's interesting. But of course, in this case, we're not going to ear the Spanish, 194 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 we're going to honor the Spanish and we're going to beat them in the final 195 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,000 and become European champions for the first time since 1988. 196 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Yeah, well, you have some teams that have never become European champions yet, 197 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,000 like England have never done it as far as I know. 198 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:10,000 So, no, no. I saw this very nice advertisement by the people of... 199 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 I don't know what it's called in England, in English, but it's Thuisbezorgd, 200 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 which is a company that delivers food at your house. 201 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,000 It's just eat. It was just eat. But then they were immersed together. 202 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:25,000 And they have It's coming and then Home in Dutch. 203 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 So it says It's coming Thuis with their logo, which is fine. 204 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:33,000 I think that's a nice reference to the England, Netherlands game. 205 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000 But it's coming Thuis and it's going home. 206 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Yeah, well, let's hope so. Let's hope so. 207 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:43,000 And one thing is for sure, if you make it, if you really win the tournament, 208 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 you certainly going to have to come back here. 209 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I will. 210 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Because you are my go to Dutch guy. 211 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 212 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 All right. Anyway, Leontes, it's been a pleasure. 213 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Good luck to you in this game against England. 214 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:04,000 And this time I actually mean it because as I talk to different people 215 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:09,000 from different countries, sometimes I say good luck because I want to be nice. 216 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Yeah. 217 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 I want to be nice to my guest. 218 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:18,000 But this time, after everything I have seen from England, I actually mean it. 219 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Good luck to you guys. 220 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Thanks. We'll see what happens. 221 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Against England. Yeah. Yeah. 222 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 All right. Take care, Leontes. Bye bye. 223 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Thank you. Bye bye. Bye. 224 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Welcome back, listeners. 225 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,000 As always in this part of the show, which is called the Language Corner, 226 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 you are supposed to learn something. 227 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:47,000 And today I would like to explain the phrase squeaky bum time, 228 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 which sounds a bit weird. I know. 229 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Leontes said, I hope we don't go to penalties. 230 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I think penalties are nerve-wracking. 231 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 They are squeaky bum time. 232 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,000 So nerve-wracking is basically it's like a nervous moment, 233 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 nervous situation, it wrecks your nerves. 234 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,000 But what is squeaky bum time? 235 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 That's a strange sounding phrase, isn't it? 236 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 And it has the word bum in it. 237 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Bum as in bottom, arse, squeaky. 238 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 You know what squeaky is, right? 239 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,000 When you open the door and the door is maybe a little bit old 240 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:31,000 and it has rusty parts, it makes this sound. 241 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Yeah. Squeak to squeak. 242 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Or a pig squeaks. 243 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Not exactly the sound a pig would make. 244 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 But you know what I mean. 245 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,000 But squeaky bum time is actually used humorously 246 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 to refer to the final stage of a football game 247 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:56,000 when the team that is winning gets increasingly worried 248 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 that the other team might score. 249 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Or it can be used more generally as in the way Leontes used it, 250 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:08,000 as in, oh, it's that nerve-wracking moment, the penalties. 251 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Yeah. And guess who coined this phrase? 252 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 It was actually Alex Ferguson himself, 253 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:20,000 the manager of Manchester United, the, you know, sir. 254 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 He's sir, actually. He has been knighted. 255 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:29,000 And he used this in reference to his own team challenging for the title 256 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,000 in the closing stages of the English Premier League. 257 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Yeah. So it was him who came up with this strange sounding expression, 258 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,000 which is, by the way, very common in England. 259 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,000 People use it all the time when referring to that nervous moment 260 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:51,000 when things could go wrong and, you know, last five minutes. 261 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,000 It's a nail-biting experience, isn't it? 262 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 It's squeaky bum time. 263 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,000 All right, listeners, I think that's it. 264 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,000 I would like to remind you that you should definitely subscribe 265 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,000 to the Footgrish Podcast if you haven't done so already. 266 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Please do, because in that way, you will not miss any future episodes. 267 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Thank you very much for listening, and I'll speak to you soon. 268 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Take care. Bye bye.