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 --> 00:00:13,000 Who are the favourites in the Euro 2024 final? England or Spain? 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,000 What will be England's starting eleven? 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 What do the pundits say will be the key battle in this game? 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:44,000 And what does the expression to have bottle to do something mean? 6 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Hello everyone, welcome to another exciting episode of the Footglitch Podcast. 7 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,000 A podcast where we combine the thrill of football with the art of learning English. 8 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,000 I'm your host Zdenek Lukas and today we have another fantastic guest lined up for you. 9 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:07,000 It's actually my Vietnamese friend David. I call him Jenks, that is his nickname. 10 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:15,000 And by the way, he's not actually Vietnamese because he is English, although he is living in Vietnam. 11 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:23,000 I hope it makes sense and I hope your name is Jenks or David. Which one is it? 12 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Say that again Zdenek, sorry I missed that. 13 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Your name is Jenks or David. 14 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 My nickname is Jenks. You can go David or Jenks. 15 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 I always call you Jenks. 16 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Sign name, yeah. 17 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 But you are not Vietnamese, you are English. 18 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 I am English, that's correct, yes. 19 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:51,000 So you probably know what we are going to talk about because it's actually happening tonight in a few hours time. 20 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:56,000 That your team is going to be in the Euro 2024 final. 21 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Exactly, yeah, well, exciting times. It's become more familiar now actually for us that we've got to a couple of finals and a semi-final. 22 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 But it's just getting over that last hurdle of winning something. 23 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:17,000 And as a Spurs fan as well, that's familiar. 24 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Yeah, yeah, I've got some questions about that. 25 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:27,000 But we should say that this is the first time that your team actually is in the final and it's not on your home soil as well. 26 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 That's true, yeah. 27 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,000 The World Cup was in England and so were the Euro 2021. 28 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,000 2020 or 2021, one of those two. 29 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:44,000 And obviously you haven't won anything since 1966 when you won the World Cup. 30 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 I don't think you were alive, were you? 31 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 I was not. I'm happy to say I was not alive. 32 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Otherwise I'd be quite old now. 33 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Yeah, that makes sense. 34 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Your weight is actually, your trophy weight is actually longer than the Czech trophy weight. 35 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Can you believe that? 36 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 When did the Czech win? In the 90s with Paborsky? 37 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 No, no, in the 70s. 38 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 We won the Euro in the 70s. 39 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 In the late 70s. 40 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,000 So I wasn't alive either to be fair. 41 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000 But the point is it's been a long time. 42 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,000 So you must be really buzzing for this one. 43 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Yeah, I think it's exciting. 44 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,000 I think we go into it as underdogs. 45 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 But yeah, it's exciting nonetheless. 46 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 It's one match, anything can happen. 47 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,000 And I think with the draw we would have expected to get to the final. 48 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:53,000 I don't think it's an overachievement with the way the draw kind of panned out with France coming second in their group. 49 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 And with the players that we've got. 50 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Yeah, but it's obviously very exciting. 51 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Yeah, I can already hear that in the background your manager Gareth Stoutgate is cooking something for tonight. 52 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 I can hear it. 53 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 So basically, let's discuss that. 54 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 I was wondering if we could go through your starting eleven. 55 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Yeah, one second. Let me just tell my girlfriend to keep the noise down. 56 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 She's the one. 57 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 It wasn't Gareth. I thought it was Gareth. 58 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Okay, listeners, I think David is telling his girlfriend to tone it down a bit. 59 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,000 We all thought it was Gareth Stoutgate, but apparently not. 60 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 No, she's giving me an angry look for telling her. 61 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Oh my God, I don't want to be in the middle of this. 62 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,000 I think the starting lineup tonight will be the same. 63 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:52,000 But I think he may put Luke Shore in the head of Trippier. 64 00:04:52,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Just because of how good Spain are at pressing, I think it's really important that you have a left footed option at left back just for angles. 65 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 But don't you think you will disrupt the balance? 66 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:13,000 And don't you think that he's not really match fit Luke Shore? 67 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 He hasn't played much lately, right? 68 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:27,000 That's the thing. I think even if he played about maybe 15 minutes against Switzerland, he played 45 minutes against Holland. 69 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Even if he can only last 45 minutes tonight, I would still start him just because I think the first goal in any final is quite important. 70 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:51,000 And I think Spain are a team that if they get ahead, they can easily keep the ball under pressure and become quite secure that way. 71 00:05:51,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Whereas if we get the first goal, then they'll have to open up a little bit and then you could easily see someone like Foden getting in between the lines and causing it to become the counter. 72 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 So I would start Shore. 73 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,000 You're not sure. You're not sure. 74 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:21,000 He's very loyal Garasaske. Trippier is just kind of one of those players that you probably feel a bit bad leaving him out. 75 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Yeah. Yeah. I remember the way he stuck with Maguire and stuff. 76 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:34,000 But let's go with your keeper. So I think you will pick up where you left off, picking Pickford. 77 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Pickford will definitely start. 78 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Nice. 79 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 The master of shitholes. 80 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Yeah, actually Pickford is pretty popular in England. 81 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:56,000 He obviously doesn't play for a top team, but I mean, he starts in the Premier League every week. 82 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Like people say he's never really let England down, although he nearly did with that Shakiri corner. 83 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,000 He's been playing quite well, I would say. So then you have Gahey, right? Probably one of your best players of the tournament. 84 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Gahey has been very good. That's the thing with England. There's not really a weak link apart from maybe Trippier and Lefkback. 85 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,000 And who is the other one? So who's your other centre back? 86 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 John Stones. 87 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 John Stones, you know. 88 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:31,000 So he's pretty good as well. Walker is a defensive right back. 89 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:38,000 If you think about how you play in possession nowadays, it's normally a 3-2-5 or a 2-3-5. 90 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Then Walker as the right hand side of that three is very, very good at covering that whole area of the field. 91 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,000 He's so fast and despite his age, he's one of the fastest players. 92 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 So athletic, yeah. 93 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 The good thing about him is he can also overlap as well. 94 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:07,000 So he's like, I mean, what the chance the Foden hit the post was a Walker overlap, which drew the defender away. 95 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:12,000 People don't see this. They say, oh, why is the Foden creating a chance? Why is he doing anything? 96 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:19,000 But you've got to have runners off the ball taking defenders away for a player to isolate one on one against another one. 97 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Yeah, you know what? I really like this player is a city player, but I think he would walk into any team. 98 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Foden? 99 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:37,000 No, Walker, because his name is Walker. He would also make a great zombie. 100 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:42,000 But he walked out of Tottenham to join the city. 101 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 And at the time, I think we had quite a good deal. 102 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:51,000 It was like 55 million or something, but in hindsight, I think probably not so much. 103 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 I think he made the right decision for himself. 104 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 105 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Well, if you compare his Danny Rose, who was similar levels at the time. 106 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Although this episode is not supposed to be a dig at Tottenham, we can do that in the future. 107 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000 But we are discussing the lineup of the England team against Spain. 108 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,000 A possible lineup. It's not confirmed yet. 109 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Although you have Gareth Southgate in your kitchen. I don't think I don't think I've moved into the spare room now after the looks Gareth Southgate was giving me for telling her to be quiet. 110 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,000 You know, it's a lot of pressure, pressurizing situations. 111 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 So I understand it's late here. 112 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:40,000 So like the games at 2am and certain people are hungry. 113 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 It's late in Vietnam. Certain people, meaning you. 114 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 And I'm being my girlfriend. 115 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 I see. Please tell her to tell her to forgive me. 116 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:57,000 And it's all it's all on me because this interview was my idea after all. 117 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:03,000 But OK, so let's continue with the midfield then. 118 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 So play Declan Rice with Kobi Menu. 119 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:18,000 He'll play a back three. He'll play sorry. He'll play a back three. So we walk a star right back and Saka starting right wing back and Saka is also like a number as a Tottenham fan. 120 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 It's hard to say good things about an Arsenal player, but Saka's. 121 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,000 If I have to say about one player, I'd say about Saka because he's he's very humble and very. 122 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Yeah, he's a great guy. 123 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:36,000 And as a player, he's just very complete in everything that he does. Like he he doesn't lose the ball much unnecessarily. 124 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:52,000 I've always noticed that he always holds on to the ball under pressure and he seems to make really good decisions about when to take on his man, when to hold it, not always playing it back, which a lot of wingers hide and they play it back to their right back or centre back all the time. 125 00:10:52,000 --> 00:11:01,000 So he's great as a right wing back because I think he allows us to play the back three Walker and Saka because they're so versatile. 126 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Okay, I actually I'm quite surprised you're saying this. I thought Walker would be the wing back, the right wing back and Saka would be the. 127 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Because I've heard an assessment here saying that there will be a key battle because apparently most of the attacks go on the on the left where Nico Williams is that you are sorry, the Spanish attacks where Kukurela and Nico Williams is. 128 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:37,000 And apparently, according to this analysis, the key battle will be between Nico Williams, Kukurela against Saka and Walker, who are on the right. 129 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:45,000 So, but who else? I'm a massive fan of Nico Williams and I wanted him at Tottenham before this tournament. 130 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Obviously, that's not going to happen now. 131 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:56,000 But I think if you wanted one player in the world to be up against him, it would be Kyle Walker. 132 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 So it will be quite fluid, I think, in terms of how they defend that position. 133 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:09,000 What I do think is important is that they defend the wings very aggressively. England definitely need to get out to Yamal and. 134 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Yamal, speaking of Yamal. 135 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Very quickly. 136 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaking of Yamal, he just turned 17. So let's hope it's not like in a computer game where a character levels up, you know. 137 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:36,000 He's like you're 16, he was a baby at the age of 16. Now he's 17. He's going to score a hat trick against you or something. 138 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 He might have gone out last night, he might have been on the beer. 139 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Exactly. That's another theory. But then again, he's underage. So can he? 140 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 I'm sure that's the way. 141 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 If that was in England, he definitely would go. 142 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 That's for sure. I don't know how it's in Spain, though. 143 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Yeah. And also, we must not forget about the involvement of Lionel Messi, who bathed him when he was just a baby. 144 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:11,000 What Yamal's father is saying is that maybe it was Yamal that blessed Messi, because Messi was 17 when he bathed him. 145 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Yeah. 146 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 It was the other way around, the father said. 147 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Well, we have the photos of that. 148 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:26,000 It's incredible. So who do you have up front then? 149 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Well, first of all, in the middle would be Rice with Kobi Menuh. 150 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And I think Kobi Menuh was really important to get into the team. Him or Adam Morton, because you need someone who can keep the ball under pressure deep. 151 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Adam who? 152 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Adam Morton plays for Palace. 153 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 He hasn't played yet. 154 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:51,000 He's a very good player, by and a link with him. He came from Blackburn maybe to Palace. 155 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,000 He also is very technical and just composed with the ball, a bit like Michael Carrick. 156 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,000 OK. 157 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:06,000 But Kobi Menuh, I always think you need a ball player deep, because you need to, in the modern game, you've got to get out of pressure. 158 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,000 I don't think Declan Rice is good at that. I know people love Declan Rice. 159 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I think he's got really good at defending and he's really good at driving forward. 160 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:20,000 But I don't think he's the best at playing under pressure with his back turn, looking at scanning and looking at the angles. 161 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Yeah, that's fair. But Menuh is that kind of player. He's a dribbler. 162 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Very good at that. Jibler, composed, scans a lot. 163 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 And yeah, just adds a lot of balance to the team. 164 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:39,000 And I'm a massive fan of Gallagher as well in terms of pressing, but I don't think he can do the scanning in the same way as Menuh. 165 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Yeah, but it didn't seem to be in the same form, in the same form as the others. 166 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:52,000 So I think he won't be touched. It's more likely that Palmer will play instead. 167 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Well, further forward, Palmer. I don't think he'll play Palmer. I think he'll keep the same... 168 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:03,000 I agree. But if there was one player that could come in to do the job, it would be Palmer. 169 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Yeah, because Palmer's come on as a sub a couple of times and really affected it. And like, subs are really important. 170 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Of course, of course. 171 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:17,000 So that's his role this tournament. Maybe next tournament he'll start. But I think for now, I think... 172 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:24,000 I think Ful Fulden against Holland in the first half was unplayable. I don't think they could get near him. 173 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:30,000 I don't think he's had a great tournament, but that's because he's been stuck out on the left, which is just really misused. 174 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,000 But now he's playing that right number 10. I think he's just like... 175 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,000 He was much better last time. 176 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:45,000 I think he wasn't that good against Switzerland, but this time, this time against Holland, he was much better. 177 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I think maybe because Holland reminded him of Haaland in similar words, right? 178 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:56,000 So he's used to playing with Haaland, right? In Manchester City. 179 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Anyway, we've got obviously your favorite player up front, Harry Kane. 180 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Harry Kane, yeah. Don't doubt Harry Kane. That'll be a top scorer again if he scores tonight. 181 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:19,000 I was wondering, yeah, what would you say if somehow he won the Golden Boot and you lost against Spain? 182 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Wouldn't that be so Harry Kane to do that? 183 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Oh, yeah, that would be very Harry Kane. 184 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:33,000 But I mean, I think Harry Kane would happily not start tonight if it guaranteed England winning. 185 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:42,000 People think Harry Kane's selfish, but having seen him for Spurs for 10 years is anything but. 186 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,000 He's been a victim of Tottenham's success really in recent years, 187 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:52,000 because Tottenham, when I started supporting them, weren't like top four, Champions League final like that. 188 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:59,000 But when he came through, it was underpatch, so it was our kind of glorious, even though we won nothing. 189 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,000 And he was a victim of that because he stayed loyal. 190 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 But I mean, he could have gone anywhere and won trophies. 191 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:11,000 It's just one of those random bits of every freak, freak of nature. 192 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:17,000 He has been cursed with Gimper, cursed though, like everybody's pulling his leg for not he hasn't won anything. 193 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Right. So even when he goes to the to the best club in German League, 194 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:26,000 we have been winning the title left, left, left, right and centre winning. 195 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:31,000 I don't know how many times, like 12 times in a row or something like that, something as ridiculous as that. 196 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Did he win the Golden Boot there again? 197 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Yeah, over 30 goals. 198 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:41,000 And it's the year where Bayer Leverkusen are just this incredible team. 199 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:46,000 And to be honest, even next year, they've got Vincent Kompany, who seems like a good young manager, but you don't know. 200 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 It's not like a trial. It's not. 201 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 There's no guarantee that he'll beat Sevilla London next year. 202 00:17:52,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Absolutely. But let's say, let's say this is the one opportunity that Harry Kane has to break this curse. 203 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 He needs to do that. 204 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Yeah, I don't think England play to Harry Kane's strengths. 205 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 That's that's one of the main issues. 206 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:16,000 I think Harry Kane is very good in the box and he's very good at dropping deep and spraying passes. 207 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:26,000 And all these ex-pundits who are saying Harry Kane shouldn't shouldn't go deep or just talking out their ass basically, because that he's even about look at Totty. 208 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Look at all those players. 209 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,000 No, it's his game. We know that he likes to drop, drop deep and hold the ball. 210 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,000 He's got a good pass on the line. 211 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Yeah, exceptional pass. Long pass. 212 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Yeah, so I'd be telling Saka, Fode and Benningham all to run him behind and just let him do what he wants. 213 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Otherwise, just play Watkins and let Watkins run him behind if you want that. 214 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000 And to be honest, yeah, I mean, it won't happen. 215 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 But we've got the team. 216 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 So can I get your prediction for this game? 217 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Oh my gosh, this is a tough one. 218 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:13,000 My head says it will be 2-0 to Spain just because Roger will make a few fouls in the first half that should all be yellow cards and the referee won't have the bottle to give it to him. 219 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Yeah. 220 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Hats off to Fode on the break. 221 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:20,000 He won't give him the yellow card and then it will stop England countering. 222 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:25,000 And then they'll just kind of swarm all over us and eventually get the goals. 223 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,000 But my heart says that actually it's more of a 50-50 game. 224 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:41,000 I think England have lucked into this box midfield now with their 3-4-3 box and Spain have a player three in the midfield. 225 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:48,000 So Fode and Benningham, Maynard and Rice can play a 4-3, which is what they did against Holland in the first half. 226 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:55,000 And then Holland changed it and nullified the game. It just kind of like the game just became a nothing game. 227 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:02,000 So if first half England can dominate that midfield 4-3, then there's a chance. 228 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:09,000 For England's sake, let's hope your heart is stronger than your brain. 229 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,000 But obviously it's a final, David. 230 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Anything can happen. It's clear that Spain are everybody's favourite and they have been playing some brilliant football. 231 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Yeah. How often does a team who plays well the whole tournament win it? 232 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 That is a good question. 233 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:42,000 It's more often than the lucky team. Benningham are over-head kick, dodgy penalty against Holland, Swiss penalties. 234 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:47,000 It's more often that that team is being through the adversity, scrapes through. 235 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 So you never know. 236 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,000 It's true. It's true. It's just one game. It could go to extra time penalties. 237 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,000 And you seem to be much better at penalties than in the past. 238 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:02,000 And then Tony misses with his no-look penalty. 239 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Well, let's hope for your sake. I'm not sure I'm supporting you actually. 240 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I thought you would be. You've lived in London. 241 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:18,000 The thing is, when it comes to my friends, I've got Spanish friends just like I have English friends. 242 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:23,000 So that doesn't help me decide. I haven't lived in Spain. I've lived in England. 243 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,000 You teach English as a language. 244 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 I do. I'm an English teacher. 245 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,000 So I think you should have to support England therefore. 246 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:41,000 I should. But you basically lost me with the way you played in this tournament. 247 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,000 And Spain have won my heart. So I'm sorry. 248 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:50,000 I think... I hope you don't mind. 249 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000 But I think I might be on the Spanish side this time. 250 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 You want Spain to win. 251 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,000 But what I will say is, if you play well and you deserve to win, 252 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:04,000 and if there's no dodgy penalty or something, which seems to happen when you play, 253 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000 then these days... 254 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:12,000 I know in the past, I know you have had your fair share of unfair decisions. 255 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Maradona, Lampard, I remember all that. 256 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:23,000 And a lot of German fans are still upset about that Kukorea penalty that could have been a penalty as well. 257 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,000 A lot of German fans booing him. 258 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:32,000 No, I know. He will be under pressure. He will be whistled. 259 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 It happened the last game in the semi-final. 260 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:40,000 So there will be a lot of booing him, which I think is a bit too much. 261 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,000 It's a bit childish. But this is football fans for you. 262 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 You can't expect much from them. 263 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:51,000 I mean, we are obviously much better, you and I. 264 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Anyway, it's been a pleasure talking to you, Jenks. 265 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 If you play well and you deserve it, you know what? Well done. 266 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,000 There will be more stuff about England on this podcast. 267 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 All right. 268 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Well, enjoy your dinner. Enjoy your dinner and the final after that. 269 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 All right. Take care. 270 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Bye bye, mate. Cheers. 271 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,000 All right, guys, welcome back to the Language Corner. 272 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,000 As always, I would like to keep this one short and sweet. 273 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:34,000 And today the main reason is because I need to get this episode out as soon as possible. 274 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:39,000 And, you know, making a podcast, it actually requires some time as well, 275 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,000 because first of all, you have to prepare it, then record it. 276 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:48,000 After that, you need to edit it, add all the jingles, you know, the final touches to everything, 277 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,000 and then you can publish it and then you have to promote it on social media. 278 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 It's not easy to make a podcast. 279 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:59,000 And the final is literally just around the corner. 280 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 So honestly, I need to keep this short. 281 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:07,000 All right. And today I would like to talk about the expression to have bottle to do something, 282 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,000 because David was actually talking about the Spanish player Rodri. 283 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:17,000 And he was sort of complaining about the fact that the referees don't really want to send him off much 284 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000 because he's such a popular player with so much respect. 285 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:25,000 And he sometimes does these cynical fouls, right? 286 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:32,000 And David said that he doesn't think that the referee will have bottle to send Rodri off. 287 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,000 He doesn't think referee will have the bottle to show him some cards, right? 288 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,000 So that means he won't have courage. 289 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 To have bottle to do something means to have courage to do something. 290 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000 The referee will just let Rodri off. 291 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Rodri will get away with this with these fouls. OK? 292 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 By the way, this is kind of a slang expression. 293 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,000 It's kind of an idiomatic, colloquial phrase. 294 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 And there is another one which is often used in football. 295 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 And that's if you bottle it. 296 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,000 That's a good one as well. So I might as well explain this one too. 297 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:12,000 So basically, this is used when you fail an opportunity, right? 298 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,000 So often you're in a position where you have to do something, 299 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 where you have to prove that you have what it takes. 300 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:26,000 But often because of being too afraid, too frightened, you mess up. 301 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:32,000 An example could be he should have taken the penalty, but he bottled it, right? 302 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 He was too afraid to take the penalty. 303 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:39,000 So he let someone else take it and that player missed it or something like that. 304 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:44,000 So to bottle it. Often when you're under pressure, you're more likely to bottle it. 305 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:50,000 So for example, Spain are the favourites and they have a better team. 306 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 They have better players, I think, than England. 307 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:58,000 So you could say that if they lose against England tonight, they bottle it. 308 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 That would be a nice example. 309 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 All right, listeners, that's it for today. 310 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Thank you very much for listening. 311 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Don't forget to subscribe to the Footglitch Podcast. 312 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:12,000 This is a podcast about football and I will be speaking about more and more stuff in the future. 313 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Obviously, this tournament, Euro 2024, this is how we kicked off this podcast, pun intended. 314 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:28,000 But after that, of course, a new season starts, the Premier League and European League, European football. 315 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,000 There's more stuff coming your way. 316 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:39,000 So please subscribe to the Footglitch Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, not to miss any future episodes. 317 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,000 I've been Zdenek. Thank you very much for listening and I'll speak to you next time. 318 00:26:43,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Cheers. Bye bye.