WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 You're listening to the FootGlish podcast. Love 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:10.099 football, learn English. How sweet was Arsenal's 00:00:10.099 --> 00:00:12.480 victory over the reigning champions of Europe, 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:16.460 Real Madrid? How good was Declan Rice and his 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:20.440 two magical free -kicks? Will Arsenal win the 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.559 Champions League this year? And what are some 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:47.270 ways to say thank you in English? Hello everyone, 00:00:47.429 --> 00:00:50.189 welcome back to the FootGlish podcast. My name 00:00:50.189 --> 00:00:53.670 is Zdenek Lukas and I'm the host of this project. 00:00:54.450 --> 00:00:57.509 It's a podcast for English learners around the 00:00:57.509 --> 00:00:59.990 world who want to improve or who would like to 00:00:59.990 --> 00:01:03.850 improve their English through football. And as 00:01:03.850 --> 00:01:07.530 always, there is a guest and today it's none 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:11.750 other than Carl. Welcome back, Carl. Hi Zdenek, 00:01:11.750 --> 00:01:13.530 thanks a million for having me again. Great to 00:01:13.530 --> 00:01:17.019 be back on under such good circumstances. Exactly. 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:19.819 We're definitely going to be talking today about 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:25.159 the Arsenal win, a fantastic result against Real 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:30.739 Madrid. But first things first, a little birdie 00:01:30.739 --> 00:01:34.760 told me, Carl, that you've started your own podcast 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:39.379 now. Yes, this is true. This is true, Zdenek. 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:44.120 After many years of threatening to... to set 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:47.180 up our own podcast uh fearing for what people 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:48.939 might actually think of us when we when they 00:01:48.939 --> 00:01:51.959 hear our football views that we usually keep 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:55.319 behind closed doors myself and uh my housemate 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.700 we decided to set up our own podcast it's called 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:02.099 um tlc sports and what does it stand for you 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:06.750 have to explain that so tlc is um It's an old 00:02:06.750 --> 00:02:09.449 phrase that some of your listeners and viewers 00:02:09.449 --> 00:02:12.710 might know from tender, loving care. However, 00:02:12.930 --> 00:02:16.129 my housemate, Brian, who's my co -host on the 00:02:16.129 --> 00:02:20.870 podcast, his dog that he got two years ago, his 00:02:20.870 --> 00:02:24.530 name is Ted Lasso Cantwell. So TLC comes from 00:02:24.530 --> 00:02:29.270 Ted Lasso Cantwell. But the podcast is called 00:02:29.270 --> 00:02:34.500 On Current Form. TLC Sports podcast on current 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:37.580 form. We're kind of workshopping the names. Long 00:02:37.580 --> 00:02:41.199 name. Trying to shorten it down. Trying to shorten 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:43.419 it down. How can I find it if I search for it 00:02:43.419 --> 00:02:48.610 online? Yes, so you can find it. It should hopefully 00:02:48.610 --> 00:02:51.229 be easy enough for you to find us. We do have 00:02:51.229 --> 00:02:55.590 a YouTube channel, which I put the podcasts onto 00:02:55.590 --> 00:02:58.849 as well as Spotify. So if you have Spotify or 00:02:58.849 --> 00:03:03.409 YouTube, you can find it on both of those. We'll 00:03:03.409 --> 00:03:05.430 put a link in the description of this podcast 00:03:05.430 --> 00:03:07.909 then to make it easier for the listeners to check 00:03:07.909 --> 00:03:11.409 it out. But for me, it's fantastic news that 00:03:11.409 --> 00:03:13.870 you have started your own podcast about football 00:03:13.870 --> 00:03:18.099 because now you are my colleague. That's great. 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.639 You will have even more insights than you normally 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:25.400 do about football games. So that's why it's a 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.659 great opportunity to have you here again. And 00:03:28.659 --> 00:03:30.840 I think, you know what we're going to talk about? 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:37.520 I wonder, I wonder, I wonder. I wonder too. That 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.860 magical night that we all witnessed. I don't 00:03:40.860 --> 00:03:44.000 know if all of us, but those of us that follow 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.520 football. follow English teams and definitely 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.680 if you are an Arsenal fan like the two of us, 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:56.300 you will have known about Arsenal beating Real 00:03:56.300 --> 00:04:00.479 Madrid 3 -0 at home in the Champions League quarter 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:04.439 -final. How does that sound, Kyle? Oh, music 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:07.819 to my ears, Zdenek, is what it is. It's absolutely 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:12.849 fantastic. I have to say, beforehand... I wasn't 00:04:12.849 --> 00:04:15.289 overly confident that we could, you know, score 00:04:15.289 --> 00:04:19.870 that many goals, certainly. But, my God, just 00:04:19.870 --> 00:04:24.769 by far the best European night I've seen under 00:04:24.769 --> 00:04:28.110 Arteta and maybe even under Wenger or previous 00:04:28.110 --> 00:04:32.750 over the last 10 years, at least. I can't remember 00:04:32.750 --> 00:04:38.110 a better night. Honestly, such a... What makes 00:04:38.110 --> 00:04:41.029 it even better is the fact that we beat the reigning 00:04:41.029 --> 00:04:44.589 champions. So they are the ones who have been 00:04:44.589 --> 00:04:48.370 winning it so many times in the last decade. 00:04:48.629 --> 00:04:50.910 I don't know how many times, at least five times, 00:04:51.009 --> 00:04:53.810 maybe six or something. Yeah, it's six of the 00:04:53.810 --> 00:04:57.189 last 11 they've won. Oh my goodness, right? And 00:04:57.189 --> 00:05:02.110 now they won it again last year. So beating such 00:05:02.110 --> 00:05:06.899 a team in such... A manner, in my opinion, as 00:05:06.899 --> 00:05:08.779 well. Because you know what can happen sometimes 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:11.699 if you have a bad day in the office, right? Like, 00:05:11.699 --> 00:05:14.800 it's football. You play well, you have like 20 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:18.839 chances and you score no goals and then the opponent 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.120 has one half chance and they score. It happens 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.579 in football. We've seen it before. It wasn't 00:05:24.579 --> 00:05:27.040 the case, was it? It sounds an awful lot like 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:30.500 a lot of Arsenal games so far this season. Smashing 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:34.629 drabs, yeah. Yeah, a lot of chances created by 00:05:34.629 --> 00:05:37.509 us, but not necessarily putting away the chances 00:05:37.509 --> 00:05:41.329 created. But this was a deserved victory, wasn't 00:05:41.329 --> 00:05:45.930 it? 100%, 100%. I can't remember the last time 00:05:45.930 --> 00:05:48.889 we were this dominant against this quality of 00:05:48.889 --> 00:05:53.230 a side, you know, perhaps just a City game where 00:05:53.230 --> 00:05:57.449 we won 5 -1, but even that was an outlier before 00:05:57.449 --> 00:06:01.790 that. I can't remember. Just from front to back, 00:06:01.990 --> 00:06:04.970 I mean, I'm sure we'll go on to Heroes of the 00:06:04.970 --> 00:06:09.029 Week at some point, but there's so many to choose 00:06:09.029 --> 00:06:13.250 from, so many different players that stood out 00:06:13.250 --> 00:06:16.829 from their performances. That just, yeah, it 00:06:16.829 --> 00:06:18.829 was just fantastic to watch from front to back. 00:06:19.629 --> 00:06:22.350 Exactly. Well, we have to mention especially 00:06:22.350 --> 00:06:27.170 one name, Declan Rice, scored two world -class 00:06:27.170 --> 00:06:33.329 free kicks. So I think we haven't seen a converted 00:06:33.329 --> 00:06:38.329 free kick from Arsenal since maybe 2021 or something? 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:43.910 2021? Martin Odegaard scored last time. So many 00:06:43.910 --> 00:06:47.689 years, even. So many games without us scoring 00:06:47.689 --> 00:06:51.250 a free kick. And then Declan Rice, of all people. 00:06:51.449 --> 00:06:55.209 I mean, he is good. He has been taking corners, 00:06:55.410 --> 00:06:59.980 right? I didn't know that he was that good. Yeah, 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:04.300 when he first arrived and talking to some West 00:07:04.300 --> 00:07:08.399 Ham fans, they said what you see from Declan 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:11.180 Rice physically is obviously quite apparent what 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:13.220 you're going to get from him. Someone who's very 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:16.160 strong, tall, is able to drive with the ball 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.620 at his feet. But certainly something that a lot 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:22.160 of them had said to me was that he is so technically 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:27.129 gifted from dead ball situations. And it's amazing 00:07:27.129 --> 00:07:30.050 that he hasn't, you know, been our free kick 00:07:30.050 --> 00:07:32.670 taker up until now, at least those direct free 00:07:32.670 --> 00:07:34.970 kicks up until now, if that's what he's had in 00:07:34.970 --> 00:07:37.829 his locker, you know? Yeah, I think he's going 00:07:37.829 --> 00:07:39.930 to be the free kick taker for the rest of the 00:07:39.930 --> 00:07:43.350 season. At least maybe even beyond that now. 00:07:44.470 --> 00:07:49.709 After this. Definitely. It's the type of shots 00:07:49.709 --> 00:07:53.110 that the goalkeeper really can't save. Even the 00:07:53.110 --> 00:07:57.579 goalkeeper of the qualities of... Courtois oh 00:07:57.579 --> 00:08:00.879 yeah I mean and that's I think that kind of adds 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.720 to it as well the fact that it's you know Thibaut 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.899 Courtois in goal like we often see you know if 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:07.939 you ever look at those YouTube compilations of 00:08:07.939 --> 00:08:09.879 the best free kicks ever scored and you know 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:12.519 a lot of the time the keeper maybe doesn't position 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:14.279 himself in the best way it's often a great strike 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.939 but you know Thibaut Courtois is a top rated 00:08:16.939 --> 00:08:19.160 keeper one of the best in the world and to do 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:24.259 that not once but twice Simply incredible. Now, 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:27.740 I saw a lot of pundits afterwards kind of saying 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:29.339 that, you know, there should have been five in 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:31.300 the wall for the first one, which meant that 00:08:31.300 --> 00:08:34.059 he wouldn't have been able to go around. But 00:08:34.059 --> 00:08:36.600 I don't think anyone can say anything against 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:40.039 the second one, which is literally just postage 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:43.799 stamp goal, as they say. So brilliant. And then 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:47.279 we added one more goal. Miguel Mourinho. How 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:49.460 do you pronounce his name? Mourinho. Mourinho. 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.500 I would say Mourinho. Merino, because there is 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:57.779 also a famous manager, Jose Mourinho. So I keep 00:08:57.779 --> 00:09:01.740 confusing those two, mispronouncing his name. 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:07.740 But that player, honestly, he has been getting 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:11.740 better and better. Oh, yeah, for sure. And it's 00:09:11.740 --> 00:09:14.639 one of those things where Arteta has said in 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:18.419 numerous interviews that Merino knows that it's 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:21.159 obviously not his. position that he's playing 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:23.620 in but he's filling in he's doing a job and that 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:27.139 um he's like learning all the time he's always 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:29.200 asking questions he always wants to know how 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.779 can he improve himself and do better and maybe 00:09:32.779 --> 00:09:37.019 his movement for the goal wasn't you know the 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:41.720 typical number nine in the box movement but his 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.980 instincts kicked in and Whether it was, I don't 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:47.620 know, it could have been a set play that they 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:51.299 had been working on from before, but certainly 00:09:51.299 --> 00:09:53.179 not something I would have always thought, you 00:09:53.179 --> 00:09:55.299 know, those situations you'd see the likes of 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:58.100 our attackers in years gone by, the likes of 00:09:58.100 --> 00:10:00.039 Olivier Giroud would always be darting towards 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.100 the front post or the back post to kind of nick 00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:05.059 it in at the back post. But yeah, just dropping 00:10:05.059 --> 00:10:07.320 off and the contact that he got on the ball as 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:13.129 well was incredible. perfect yeah it was absolutely 00:10:13.129 --> 00:10:17.490 spot on and so I think it's just for the keeper 00:10:17.490 --> 00:10:21.350 like zero chance like he couldn't no keeper would 00:10:21.350 --> 00:10:23.649 save those three shots they were just perfect 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:28.169 finishes and then on top of that Arsenal had 00:10:28.169 --> 00:10:30.309 a lot of other chances that the keeper saved 00:10:30.309 --> 00:10:33.309 like he was one of the best players of Real Madrid, 00:10:33.389 --> 00:10:36.230 I thought, on the night. He had a great time. 00:10:36.389 --> 00:10:38.730 He had a great performance and conceded three 00:10:38.730 --> 00:10:41.610 times. I would have given him, I don't know, 00:10:41.669 --> 00:10:43.549 at least seven or maybe eight out of ten for 00:10:43.549 --> 00:10:48.029 that performance. Definitely. The double saves 00:10:48.029 --> 00:10:52.309 were incredible. Yeah, absolutely. So any other 00:10:52.309 --> 00:10:54.789 performers that stand out for you in that game? 00:10:56.370 --> 00:10:59.639 Yeah, I think a lot of people will... point the 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.139 finger at Bakayosaka coming back and performing 00:11:02.139 --> 00:11:05.700 very well or Miles Lewis Skelly you know stepping 00:11:05.700 --> 00:11:09.100 into midfield being very young but one thing 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:11.379 that one player in particular that I want to 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:16.159 highlight is Thomas Partey and how well he you 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.879 know controlled the middle of that midfield just 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.080 it's as good a performance I've seen from him 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:30.700 in a long long time just He never seemed under 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:34.759 pressure. He never seemed out of control. It's 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:38.100 one of those things, it's a sign of a good midfielder 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:40.580 when they look like they have time on the ball. 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:42.480 And he always looked like he had time on the 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:48.480 ball yesterday. Just picked Madrid apart, intercepted 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:53.539 when he needed to, stepped up and just dictated 00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:57.389 the game from start to finish, I think. I think 00:11:57.389 --> 00:12:00.529 Arteta has really managed to sort of transform 00:12:00.529 --> 00:12:03.870 the team mentality. That's the main thing for 00:12:03.870 --> 00:12:06.950 me. So I know when he started and even from the 00:12:06.950 --> 00:12:10.490 Wenger era, everybody kept saying that Arsenal 00:12:10.490 --> 00:12:14.490 were soft touch and that we were, you know, but 00:12:14.490 --> 00:12:18.269 what Arteta did, he's a bit of a, he has this 00:12:18.269 --> 00:12:21.730 cynical sort of trait in him, right? Doesn't 00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:26.279 he? playing for Rangers will do that other fans 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:29.460 hate him other fans can't stand him oh they hate 00:12:29.460 --> 00:12:31.820 him they hate him and I feel like if he wasn't 00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:34.480 my manager I'd hate him too because he's one 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:38.179 of those characters that just complains and complains 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:40.820 and gives out and he's always very animated at 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:43.960 the side of the pitch and as a as a fan you're 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:46.139 there going I love that I love the passion I 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:48.259 love the energy but as an opposing fan well as 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:50.740 someone who lives in the same house as a Manchester 00:12:50.740 --> 00:12:53.350 United fan I can tell you they don't like it 00:12:53.350 --> 00:12:59.230 at all wait so that's Brian Brian Brian your 00:12:59.230 --> 00:13:03.149 mate from the podcast is a Manchester United 00:13:03.149 --> 00:13:06.450 fan yes yeah yeah now he was happy for he was 00:13:06.450 --> 00:13:09.090 happy for Arsenal to do well yesterday he says 00:13:09.090 --> 00:13:13.370 he likes he'd like to see Arsenal do well I'm 00:13:13.370 --> 00:13:15.649 trying not to look at it as a kind of condescending. 00:13:15.690 --> 00:13:17.649 Oh, you're doing very well, you know. That's 00:13:17.649 --> 00:13:19.769 a good attitude, especially considering that 00:13:19.769 --> 00:13:22.289 you don't like to see Manchester United do well. 00:13:22.710 --> 00:13:26.389 Oh, not at all. Not at all. I can tell. I know. 00:13:30.409 --> 00:13:34.809 Okay, well. What else can we say about this? 00:13:35.029 --> 00:13:37.909 I mean, how significant could it be perhaps for 00:13:37.909 --> 00:13:40.690 the rest of the season? Does that mean now that 00:13:40.690 --> 00:13:45.200 the tie is over? or is it not done yet? Is it 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.100 half of the job done or is it 70 % of the job 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:51.419 done? What do you think? Well, I think it's definitely 00:13:51.419 --> 00:13:54.620 more than half the job done. I think any Arsenal 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:58.039 fan with an ounce of sense before this game would 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:01.519 have taken a 1 -0 win or a 2 -1 win or something 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:03.860 like that going back to the Bernabeu. Possibly 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:07.679 a draw. A draw, exactly. Keep us in the tie. 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:12.289 Exactly. exactly being in the tie with a chance 00:14:12.289 --> 00:14:15.029 to win in a one off game is definitely something 00:14:15.029 --> 00:14:18.950 that I certainly was expecting at the very least 00:14:18.950 --> 00:14:24.110 but the season as a whole I don't know in the 00:14:24.110 --> 00:14:25.590 grand scheme of things it's not going to help 00:14:25.590 --> 00:14:27.330 us really kick on in the league I think the league 00:14:27.330 --> 00:14:30.789 is definitely done barring some catastrophic 00:14:31.549 --> 00:14:34.629 fall off if Liverpool lose the rest of their 00:14:34.629 --> 00:14:36.710 games basically if Liverpool lose every single 00:14:36.710 --> 00:14:40.250 game we would have to win every single hour game 00:14:40.250 --> 00:14:44.269 and that's never going to happen so yeah and 00:14:44.269 --> 00:14:48.309 but certainly it does put a much more positive 00:14:48.309 --> 00:14:51.490 spin on the season as a whole I think being able 00:14:51.490 --> 00:14:54.480 to do this I think if they what they really need 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:56.200 to do is they need to get to the final I think 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.059 in order for this season to be considered somewhat 00:14:58.059 --> 00:15:00.379 of a success because it's not really a success 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:04.299 if you haven't got any silverware but which is 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:06.700 I guess a good thing though now as an Arsenal 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:08.960 fan to be thinking like that and to be viewing 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.580 the season like that because before top four 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:15.139 was a success and before you know challenging 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:17.960 top three even to second place would have been 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.840 viewed as a success but now you know Second place 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:25.419 isn't good enough. I'm sorry, but even the Champions 00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:27.399 League final, it's not going to do it for me. 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:29.799 And the main reason is because Tottenham have 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:34.220 done it. Well, there you go. We have to go one 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:37.139 better. Not very long ago as well. I still have 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:40.480 it in vivid memory. So I don't want to see that. 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:44.590 Let's go for it. Let's go all the way then. beating 00:15:44.590 --> 00:15:48.129 Real Madrid I think now we will be feared we 00:15:48.129 --> 00:15:51.389 have become a force to be reckoned with hopefully 00:15:51.389 --> 00:15:56.269 yeah I think you can't we can't really talk about 00:15:56.269 --> 00:16:00.710 the game yesterday and of course next Wednesday 00:16:00.710 --> 00:16:02.929 as well without like talking about the fact that 00:16:02.929 --> 00:16:06.830 Madrid are very understaffed in a lot of places 00:16:06.830 --> 00:16:09.379 you know like The other likes to chew him and 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:11.720 he was missing yesterday because of suspension. 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.340 But then they've like two of their starting back 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:18.340 four are out with serious long -term injuries 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:23.480 with Militao and Carvajal being out. So I think... 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.559 And one with a red card now as well, right? Camavingo. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:28.460 I think Camavingo was going to miss the next 00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:31.039 game anyway because he was on the yellow. So... 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:35.259 Getting a red, I guess, just sets them back to 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:40.720 zero. Gets them reset. But yeah, certainly I 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:45.120 think playing Valverde at right back, while it's 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:49.419 done well, it's like brought them a lot of success 00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:53.000 in a lot of games, especially in La Liga. They 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.080 missed him in midfield. Kamavinga and Modric 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.549 just... they couldn't they couldn't control the 00:16:59.549 --> 00:17:02.029 game the way i suppose modric is what 40 years 00:17:02.029 --> 00:17:05.210 old now so it's it's uh it's tough for him to 00:17:05.210 --> 00:17:07.390 control the game the way he used to but they 00:17:07.390 --> 00:17:10.009 still have bellingham they have mbappe come on 00:17:10.009 --> 00:17:12.650 like those players are like oh yeah no i and 00:17:12.650 --> 00:17:15.970 absolutely i think that i think that on balance 00:17:15.970 --> 00:17:18.890 as well we have had our share of injuries as 00:17:18.890 --> 00:17:20.869 well obviously saka coming back from that long 00:17:20.869 --> 00:17:23.890 -term injury and gabrielle not being around and 00:17:23.890 --> 00:17:28.650 but like the fact that we aren't speaking about 00:17:28.650 --> 00:17:32.349 Kivior at all. Exactly. None of the analysis 00:17:32.349 --> 00:17:34.369 is talking about Kivior at all. It just shows 00:17:34.369 --> 00:17:37.170 how great of a job he did. Yeah. And the fans 00:17:37.170 --> 00:17:41.130 generally have been thinking that he is the weakest 00:17:41.130 --> 00:17:45.069 link. When you saw him in the lineup, you get 00:17:45.069 --> 00:17:48.730 a bit worried. But no, he was all right. Yeah. 00:17:49.390 --> 00:17:52.430 Everybody just put in such a shift. And I think 00:17:52.430 --> 00:17:55.549 it was something... Arteta must have prepared 00:17:55.549 --> 00:17:59.690 the players so well psychologically. That, for 00:17:59.690 --> 00:18:01.769 me, was the main thing. Because if you're facing 00:18:01.769 --> 00:18:05.589 Real Madrid, it's a different kind of game than 00:18:05.589 --> 00:18:08.369 playing against, I'm sorry, like Bramford, Crystal 00:18:08.369 --> 00:18:11.829 Palace and these kind of teams. But maybe that 00:18:11.829 --> 00:18:15.210 City victory... There have been a lot of green 00:18:15.210 --> 00:18:19.430 shoots of us not being, like I said, a soft touch 00:18:19.430 --> 00:18:24.049 anymore. Us being able to... deliver in these 00:18:24.049 --> 00:18:27.309 big games and even Declan Rice spoke about the 00:18:27.309 --> 00:18:29.549 fact in the post -match interview that he loves 00:18:29.549 --> 00:18:32.650 these kind of games and that he's able to just 00:18:32.650 --> 00:18:35.230 he's like in trance or something when he plays 00:18:35.230 --> 00:18:38.309 these games you know I saw that when I was obviously 00:18:38.309 --> 00:18:41.789 following Wes Hamm when he was there and he's 00:18:41.789 --> 00:18:46.150 just like he likes to be in that position you 00:18:46.150 --> 00:18:49.759 know in the position of a leader when often when 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:51.779 the odds are against him as well. That's something 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:56.019 that he thrives in. For sure. And I think that 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:59.640 what you've just said, leadership, that is something 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:02.200 that for the longest time we haven't had. And 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:05.140 then you look out onto the pitch yesterday and 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:08.380 you can almost, you can use two hands to count 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:10.480 the amount of leaders that were out there on 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.809 the pitch. That's true, yeah. leaders not just 00:19:13.809 --> 00:19:15.849 in the way that they play but the way that they 00:19:15.849 --> 00:19:18.470 hold themselves the way what they demand from 00:19:18.470 --> 00:19:22.630 each other and you know like the fact that we 00:19:22.630 --> 00:19:27.930 have califuri ben white gabrielle tommy asu missing 00:19:27.930 --> 00:19:31.509 from our back line was timber playing it was 00:19:31.509 --> 00:19:34.809 also timber was playing yeah so yeah yeah he's 00:19:34.809 --> 00:19:36.589 one of he's one of those players that i think 00:19:36.589 --> 00:19:40.569 steps up he just came back yeah yeah yeah i think 00:19:40.569 --> 00:19:43.940 he's just like The fact that Timber is, like 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:46.460 Vinny was so quiet. Vinny was so quiet yesterday. 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:52.440 Mbappe obviously had, yeah, he certainly was 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:56.500 very, he was very quiet. Mbappe did have a few 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:59.539 chances, which I think going back to the Bernabeu, 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:02.740 those kind of chances, you can't be giving away 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:08.750 too many of those. Certainly, yeah, Timber just 00:20:08.750 --> 00:20:11.890 was so, so strong on the right -hand side. Lewis 00:20:11.890 --> 00:20:14.750 Skelly just seems like such a lockdown for that 00:20:14.750 --> 00:20:16.990 left -back spot. One of the best in the league 00:20:16.990 --> 00:20:19.549 now, I think we can probably say. Definitely. 00:20:20.349 --> 00:20:22.450 Yeah, and then obviously Saliba at the back is 00:20:22.450 --> 00:20:25.809 always going to be just the rules Royce in defence. 00:20:26.150 --> 00:20:28.569 Which is the nickname he's been given, right? 00:20:29.730 --> 00:20:32.890 Yeah, Carl, this is great news, obviously. So 00:20:32.890 --> 00:20:37.160 now we can look forward to the... second leg 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:40.599 next week against Real Madrid at the Santiago 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:43.359 Bernabeu Stadium let's see what they have in 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.599 store for us hopefully if we lose it won't be 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:50.980 by a large margin so that we qualify to the semi 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:55.839 -final and then you're three games away from 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:59.400 winning it right so anything could happen anything's 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:02.740 possible yeah and against a team that we like 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:06.200 possibly against a team that we've already beaten 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:08.420 in the competition already in PSG or a team that 00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:10.519 we're very familiar with with Aston Villa so 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:15.059 the draw does seem you know like one that you 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:18.059 would think we'd be able to pass her given if 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:20.599 we put in a performance like we did last night 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:24.380 or somewhere close to last night yeah okay do 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:28.180 you think we can we can make it then to the final 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:33.240 or to the next round Two very different questions, 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:39.119 Edenic. Can we make it until tomorrow? Well, 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:41.900 I don't know. I definitely can. I've watched 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:45.000 so many highlights and breakdowns and, you know, 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.000 fan watch -alongs today and last night. I could 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:50.079 definitely make it through. No, I think that... 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:56.619 Yeah, I think that definitely we can definitely 00:21:56.619 --> 00:22:00.559 get through to the next round and then, you know, 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:03.599 With the confidence that that would bring. Exactly. 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:07.180 I think the focus, there will be so much focus 00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:11.059 now. And there is, as you said, there are enough 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:13.380 leaders, there's so much experience and there 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:16.740 is also a lot of quality and sort of like youth 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:19.859 energy as well. So I think it's a great, great 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:23.259 elixir, great combination. Obviously in the league, 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:26.839 some inconsistencies. So there's still stuff 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:30.519 to fix, but now maybe because it's... You only 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.259 have one shot. You mess up, you're out, kind 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:36.019 of thing. I know there are two games, semifinal, 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:38.680 but you know what I mean. You can't afford to 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:43.420 make too many mistakes. So maybe we will go for 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:48.099 it then. Yeah, absolutely. I think the only team 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:50.680 that's been the same or on par or better than 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:52.740 us in the Champions League in terms of defence 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:57.359 has been Inter. And they obviously did a number 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:01.380 on Bayern, but... in a knockout tournament, having 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:04.940 such a strong defense like that is always going 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:07.339 to give you a chance because if you don't concede 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:09.240 too many, you don't need to score too many to 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:11.980 win. That is true. That is a great equation. 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:15.500 Thank you for all your mathematical knowledge 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:19.440 that you bring to this podcast, Carl. It's a 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:23.380 real Michael Owen take. Lovely to have you on 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:26.680 the podcast again and all the best to you, Arsenal, 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:29.579 and to your new podcast as well. Thanks very 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:32.039 much today. Thanks for having me as always. You're 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:39.720 very welcome. Take care. Welcome back to the 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:43.640 Language Corner. Did you miss me? Well, the Footgrish 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:46.059 podcast is back. I don't know if you missed the 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:48.779 Footgrish podcast. Basically, you can always 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:52.440 let me know in the comments on the YouTube channel, 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:55.460 on the Teachers' Denek YouTube channel where... 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:59.920 These episodes get published as a video. Obviously, 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:02.339 this is a podcast, so there is also an audio 00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:06.160 version. Whichever version you prefer, one thing 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:10.160 is for certain, and that's the fact that there 00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.839 is always the language corner, which is the part 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:16.359 of the show where I go through some language 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:20.119 which appeared in the episode and I clarify it. 00:24:20.569 --> 00:24:23.210 Because I'm an English teacher, so it is my job 00:24:23.210 --> 00:24:27.069 actually to do that. And hopefully you will be 00:24:27.069 --> 00:24:29.690 able to come along for a ride. You will be able 00:24:29.690 --> 00:24:33.250 to benefit from it as English learners and you 00:24:33.250 --> 00:24:36.190 learn something new. That is the idea. The idea 00:24:36.190 --> 00:24:39.430 is that you develop your listening skills because, 00:24:39.630 --> 00:24:43.650 you know, everybody needs a lot of exposure to 00:24:43.650 --> 00:24:48.920 English language, different accents. And it should 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:51.279 be different topics. But let's be honest, if 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:53.740 it's your passion, the thing that you're really 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:57.720 interested in, and I think, I hope so, I hope 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:00.779 that you are into football. And then I think 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:04.079 you learn a little bit faster because you don't 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:08.619 consider it hard work. It all comes to you naturally 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:10.799 because you're enjoying yourself. Hopefully, 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:14.980 that's the method to the madness. Basically, 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.079 that's the idea. of this podcast. Hopefully it 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:21.319 works. I'm pretty sure it does. I have studied 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:24.740 this stuff in university as well, so it should 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:29.559 work. But let's talk about some ways we can say 00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:32.940 thank you in English. At the beginning of the 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:39.339 podcast, I welcomed my guest Carl to the Food 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:43.319 English podcast and his response was thanks a 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:48.119 million. for having me back on, which means thanks 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:51.960 or thank you for inviting me onto the podcast 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:56.059 again. He said thanks a million, which is a nice 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:59.579 little expression, a nice little way to say thank 00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:02.960 you. Another one, of course, is thanks. That's, 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:07.759 I guess, more informal and kind of friendly sounding 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:11.200 and very short as well, right? You can, of course, 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:15.910 always say thanks a lot. And then another one 00:26:15.910 --> 00:26:18.490 that is a little bit more formal and I often 00:26:18.490 --> 00:26:23.009 see it at the end of emails is many thanks. This 00:26:23.009 --> 00:26:26.390 one is more formal and definitely kind of British. 00:26:27.809 --> 00:26:31.049 My favorite way of saying thank you however is 00:26:31.049 --> 00:26:34.509 cheers which is a word that can be used for a 00:26:34.509 --> 00:26:37.329 lot of things. For example when you're having 00:26:37.329 --> 00:26:40.730 a toast when you have you know Some pints of 00:26:40.730 --> 00:26:44.109 beer and before you drink, you say cheers, right? 00:26:44.890 --> 00:26:47.809 But also it's used in British English to say 00:26:47.809 --> 00:26:50.509 thank you. So if you buy something in a shop 00:26:50.509 --> 00:26:55.410 or a waiter brings you your meal in a restaurant, 00:26:55.569 --> 00:26:58.789 you can just say cheers. And there's one more 00:26:58.789 --> 00:27:04.190 which is also informal, like cheers. And that 00:27:04.190 --> 00:27:09.140 one is more common in Northern Ireland. And that's 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:13.660 ta, ta. I don't think it's just in Northern Ireland, 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:17.539 but that's what CGPT is suggesting here. I've 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:21.440 heard it from other Brits as well. I've heard 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:24.640 it from the English, ta. But I think it's maybe 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:29.160 slightly more old -fashioned. I think it's not 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:32.500 as popular as it used to be before. And then 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:34.480 there are some other ways to say thank you. You 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:37.349 can say something like... I really appreciate 00:27:37.349 --> 00:27:42.529 it. It's kind of saying thank you. I've heard 00:27:42.529 --> 00:27:46.849 people say thank you very much indeed. And even 00:27:46.849 --> 00:27:50.549 thanks ever so much. And then you can also say 00:27:50.549 --> 00:27:55.430 much, much obliged. Much obliged, which is, again, 00:27:55.509 --> 00:27:59.710 a bit old -fashioned and formal, but still understandable, 00:27:59.970 --> 00:28:03.900 of course, to people. Okay, well, I hope this 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:06.359 episode has been useful. I hope you learned some 00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:10.119 new ways to say thank you. And I think the main 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:12.519 idea of this episode, of course, was to talk 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:16.000 about Arsenal and their fantastic win over Real 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:18.559 Madrid. What do you make of this game? What do 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.960 you think? Do you think Arsenal will make it 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:25.529 through? Please? Let me know in the comments. 00:28:25.670 --> 00:28:27.970 And I can't stress this enough how important 00:28:27.970 --> 00:28:31.170 comments are for this podcast. You may have noticed 00:28:31.170 --> 00:28:33.069 that I haven't published many episodes lately. 00:28:33.329 --> 00:28:38.329 You know why? Because I have been a bit, let's 00:28:38.329 --> 00:28:41.329 say, lazy. I was feeling a bit lazy. And one 00:28:41.329 --> 00:28:43.829 thing is for sure. If I saw more comments from 00:28:43.829 --> 00:28:48.150 you, more likes, it would push me more. So please 00:28:48.150 --> 00:28:51.589 give me some feedback because then... I will 00:28:51.589 --> 00:28:53.970 have more motivation to keep going, right? That's 00:28:53.970 --> 00:28:56.150 the idea. And if you want to give me even more 00:28:56.150 --> 00:28:58.930 motivation, you could even support this podcast 00:28:58.930 --> 00:29:02.130 on my HeroHero page. You will find everything 00:29:02.130 --> 00:29:04.369 in the description of this episode, including 00:29:04.369 --> 00:29:08.609 a link to Carl's YouTube channel where you can 00:29:08.609 --> 00:29:12.430 find his podcast. Okay, that's it from me. Thank 00:29:12.430 --> 00:29:16.109 you very much and speak to you soon. Take care. 00:29:16.309 --> 00:29:18.029 Bye -bye. Cheers.