WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 You're listening to the FootGlish Podcast. Love 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:26.640 football, learn English. And is it correct to 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:31.280 say that a player is a hot goods or a hot property? 00:00:50.729 --> 00:00:53.549 Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode 00:00:53.549 --> 00:00:56.429 of the FootGlish podcast. My name is Denec Lucas 00:00:56.429 --> 00:01:00.729 and this is a podcast for all football fans and 00:01:00.729 --> 00:01:03.689 also people who want to learn English through 00:01:03.689 --> 00:01:06.370 football, through your passion, hopefully, that 00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:09.769 we both share. I say both, but it could be more 00:01:09.769 --> 00:01:11.670 people than just me and one listener, right? 00:01:11.750 --> 00:01:15.310 That we all share. Anyway, as always, there is 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:19.170 a guest and today I think... The guest is really 00:01:19.170 --> 00:01:21.769 interesting because he comes from Poland and 00:01:21.769 --> 00:01:24.370 his name is Franek. Hello, Franek. Welcome to 00:01:24.370 --> 00:01:28.209 the podcast. Hi, hi. My name is Franek and I'm 00:01:28.209 --> 00:01:31.090 really glad to be here. Yeah, it's wonderful 00:01:31.090 --> 00:01:34.870 to have you here. And Franek, why did I decide 00:01:34.870 --> 00:01:37.590 to invite you to the FootGish podcast today? 00:01:38.810 --> 00:01:43.269 We are going to talk about a football game between 00:01:43.269 --> 00:01:47.950 two teams, which was played in Ostrava. Legia 00:01:47.950 --> 00:01:51.930 Warsaw and Banik Ostrava. And yeah, let's talk 00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:55.250 about it. Yeah, that's right. Banik Ostrava is 00:01:55.250 --> 00:01:59.590 a Czech team from the Czech Republic, from the 00:01:59.590 --> 00:02:02.849 region in the north, in the sort of northeast 00:02:02.849 --> 00:02:06.549 of the Czech Republic. Silesia, I think it's 00:02:06.549 --> 00:02:10.750 called in English. And obviously, it's a big 00:02:10.750 --> 00:02:14.250 club with a lot of fan base. And Legia Warsaw, 00:02:14.289 --> 00:02:16.889 is it the biggest club in Poland, would you say? 00:02:19.279 --> 00:02:24.539 Yeah, for sure with the most trophies in Poland 00:02:24.539 --> 00:02:27.460 and one of the biggest in the whole country. 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.180 Like, you know, it's from Warsaw, so from the 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:35.000 capital. Right. And you went to Ostrava to attend 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:38.860 this game? Yes, because I live near to the border 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:42.900 with Czech Republic in Poland. And I'm a big 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:45.240 fan of Banik Ostrava. Of course, it's my local 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:48.039 team, I would say. This is funny. So although 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:51.560 you are Polish, you decided to support the Czech 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.479 team. You are a traitor. You're a traitor to 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.099 your nation, basically. Yeah, and I was on this 00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:01.240 game in my Banik shirt with my Banik scarf. And, 00:03:01.259 --> 00:03:05.580 you know, I was chanting with Banik fans. So, 00:03:05.580 --> 00:03:09.539 yes, I'm not really into Polish football. That's 00:03:09.539 --> 00:03:13.639 a fun fact. That's not my cup of tea. Okay, but 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.639 it must have been in some way special for you 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:19.360 because a Polish team was playing. Don't tell 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:22.360 me it's... Okay, you went to a banning game, 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.800 but still, it must be a bit special because it's 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.900 a Polish team, right? Yes, yes, of course, because... 00:03:29.659 --> 00:03:32.500 I wanted Banik to win against Polish team, that's 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:38.460 for sure. That's really interesting. But although 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:41.800 if Banik was playing with the team that's not 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:44.939 from Poland, from other team in Europe, I would 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:49.259 go on this game. Because it's so close to where 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:53.580 you live, as you said. Yes. And so you live near 00:03:53.580 --> 00:03:55.800 the border with the Czech Republic. It's true 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:00.250 that Ostrava is really... really within a stone's 00:04:00.250 --> 00:04:03.729 throw from the Polish border. So that makes a 00:04:03.729 --> 00:04:07.930 lot of sense. And at this club, they have a lot 00:04:07.930 --> 00:04:12.569 of Polish fans. I think it's traditionally known 00:04:12.569 --> 00:04:15.750 that Banikostrawa have a lot of Polish fans, 00:04:15.770 --> 00:04:19.850 right? So you're not an exception. Yeah, I'm 00:04:19.850 --> 00:04:23.649 not. And they are friendly connected with the 00:04:23.649 --> 00:04:27.259 club that is, I think... one of the biggest on 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:32.160 Silesia in Poland with GKS Katowice and GKS Katowice 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.740 is friendly connected very friendly connected 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:40.540 with Banik Ostrava for years and there's even 00:04:40.540 --> 00:04:44.019 a chant like I was on the stadium in Ostrava 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:50.079 Gieksa Banik Gieksa so Gieksa is the GKS of course 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:54.740 so they are really friendly connected So they 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:57.459 sing a chant, the Banik Ostrov fans sing a chant 00:04:57.459 --> 00:05:01.300 which pays tribute to this friendly club Katowice, 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.839 basically. Yes, yes. That is so cool, man. Yeah, 00:05:05.899 --> 00:05:09.800 and on the stadium, you can notice a lot of, 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:15.620 you know, a lot of GKS Katowice. Shirts. I don't 00:05:15.620 --> 00:05:18.800 know. Yeah, shirts and people from Poland, you 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.560 know, from Silesia, because Banik is Silesian 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:25.209 club. i see i see but they are cheering for banning 00:05:25.209 --> 00:05:27.709 obviously as well so yeah so when you went to 00:05:27.709 --> 00:05:29.850 this game the atmosphere would you say would 00:05:29.850 --> 00:05:33.970 you describe it as as pretty good yeah of course 00:05:33.970 --> 00:05:38.209 there was no uh there was no uh sitting chairs 00:05:38.209 --> 00:05:43.910 left no no no no yes no empty seats the whole 00:05:43.910 --> 00:05:47.889 stadium 15 000 people were there and amazing 00:05:47.889 --> 00:05:50.589 atmosphere i would say of course the legia were 00:05:50.589 --> 00:05:53.959 so fast also because they are known for their 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:58.860 uh for their support and they were amazing like 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:02.920 i was sitting next to them like oh really uh 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:06.339 no next to them but i don't know 20 meters not 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:10.199 far from them yeah yeah and they were chanting 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:14.000 all the game all 20 minutes with of course with 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:19.800 a break for 15 minutes but their support is just 00:06:20.490 --> 00:06:23.769 something different. And I know that's, you know, 00:06:23.810 --> 00:06:26.490 in Europe, they are famous for that. Yeah, I 00:06:26.490 --> 00:06:29.350 actually spoke to one of my students about them. 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:33.769 I teach, I happen to teach one football journalist 00:06:33.769 --> 00:06:39.209 that works for the Czech TV for TV that broadcasts 00:06:39.209 --> 00:06:41.389 the Czech League. So he has a lot of knowledge 00:06:41.389 --> 00:06:46.290 about the Czech League. And also he told me that 00:06:46.290 --> 00:06:49.959 the fans are called Žileta fans. Something like 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:57.360 that. And he also told me, you can then say if 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:59.980 this is true or not, but he also said to me that 00:06:59.980 --> 00:07:03.699 they are currently boycotting home games, that 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:07.240 they don't go to away games. Is this true? Yeah, 00:07:07.259 --> 00:07:10.220 I heard about it, but now I have a story about 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:14.779 Zyleta. Because the name Zyleta is in Polish, 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:18.569 zylet, I think it's English, like to shave. Right, 00:07:18.629 --> 00:07:21.529 it's like a company, it's a shaving company that 00:07:21.529 --> 00:07:25.509 produces this Gillette. Yes, but Gillette in 00:07:25.509 --> 00:07:30.490 Polish is a razor. It's a razor in Polish, but 00:07:30.490 --> 00:07:34.110 it's not because they are, you know, maybe... 00:07:34.110 --> 00:07:41.189 Like hard fans? Yeah, it's not because they are 00:07:41.189 --> 00:07:45.519 hard and very, you know... hardcore but because 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:50.839 on the stadium in poland warsaw uh on the old 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:55.360 stadium the you know they they sit in uh under 00:07:55.360 --> 00:08:00.920 the um under the gillette uh you know uh like 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.480 a banner maybe or something yes banner with a 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:09.250 gillette like a poster advert yes with a post 00:08:09.250 --> 00:08:11.990 under the poster of Gillette and that's why they 00:08:11.990 --> 00:08:17.110 are Gillette ah I see I see that's that's interesting 00:08:17.110 --> 00:08:20.290 actually and with this boycott yeah what about 00:08:20.290 --> 00:08:24.769 the boycott then is it still happening no because 00:08:24.769 --> 00:08:28.009 I'm not really into the Legia Warsaw and you 00:08:28.009 --> 00:08:30.310 know the Poland but I heard about it and they 00:08:30.310 --> 00:08:33.409 were boycotting because of the their government 00:08:33.409 --> 00:08:38.309 the whole Legia that they were not doing a transfer, 00:08:38.490 --> 00:08:41.970 something like that. But the boycott is stopped. 00:08:42.289 --> 00:08:45.210 Oh, you mean not government, the board. The board 00:08:45.210 --> 00:08:49.029 were not getting any new players for the club. 00:08:49.169 --> 00:08:52.230 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, but they bought the new 00:08:52.230 --> 00:08:55.789 player. I don't know really, you know, something 00:08:55.789 --> 00:08:58.789 more, but it is a player from England, from Watford, 00:08:58.909 --> 00:09:03.100 for 3 million euros, something like that. i don't 00:09:03.100 --> 00:09:05.759 want to say something you know something wrong 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.100 that's not true yes yeah well tell us tell us 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:10.200 if anybody's watching this on you on youtube 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.080 and you're from poland tell us in the comments 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:15.200 if this is true by the way guys yeah and they 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:19.259 bought this guy and i think it's the most expensive 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:22.879 most valuable player to ever come to extra classa 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.679 to the polish first league and yeah so i think 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.559 That appeased the fans. So the fans are happy 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:33.379 now. They are satisfied with what the board did. 00:09:33.899 --> 00:09:39.740 That's cool, man. Yeah, but although one of the 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:53.039 best players were sold two weeks ago. The midfielder 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:57.009 Maxi Ojetele is now in Strasbourg. for six million 00:09:57.009 --> 00:10:01.350 something like this six million he came from 00:10:01.350 --> 00:10:06.350 manchester united so he's a polish he's a polish 00:10:06.350 --> 00:10:09.429 but he was raised in the in the england of course 00:10:09.429 --> 00:10:14.279 i see Well, it looks like Banja Kostrava and 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:17.759 Poland and Legia Warsaw have something in common 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.899 because obviously now they are letting go their 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:24.179 biggest star, Everton. Everton, we are not referring 00:10:24.179 --> 00:10:26.220 to the club in England, ladies and gentlemen, 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.000 from Liverpool. No, not that club. There is a 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:31.919 player called Everton who played in the Czech 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.279 League for a long time for Banja Kostrava and 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.379 also for Slavia Prague. He is Brazilian and he 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:40.259 has been one of the biggest stars of the Czech 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:43.149 League. and a really technically gifted player 00:10:43.149 --> 00:10:46.730 with great personality didn't get any yellow 00:10:46.730 --> 00:10:49.070 cards he was known for being a real gentleman 00:10:49.070 --> 00:10:54.049 of football but also a true true goal scorer 00:10:54.049 --> 00:10:58.870 and now he got an offer from a club from egypt 00:10:58.870 --> 00:11:02.870 of all places some kind of club called fc pyramids 00:11:02.870 --> 00:11:06.230 or something I'm not even joking. That's how 00:11:06.230 --> 00:11:10.110 the story goes. And unfortunately, he's leaving 00:11:10.110 --> 00:11:15.809 Baník. So that makes Baník much less strong, 00:11:15.970 --> 00:11:18.710 obviously. So that is a connection as well there. 00:11:18.950 --> 00:11:24.350 But going back to Žileta, my student also told 00:11:24.350 --> 00:11:27.610 me that they have really strict rules in that 00:11:27.610 --> 00:11:31.590 camp. Apparently, you cannot use your phone. 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:37.220 and you cannot sit when you are supporting the 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:39.879 team. Is this also true or is he making it all 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:44.980 up? I think that's strict rules for all Ultras 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:50.879 groups because before the game, I follow a Hahaji 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.139 account because, of course, we have to mention 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:58.259 that in Banik Ostrava, they have also their Ult 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:03.149 Jileta. It's called Hahaji. and and the there 00:12:03.149 --> 00:12:06.610 was a post about how to you know how to behave 00:12:06.610 --> 00:12:10.570 in the in their uh how to behave in the hajji 00:12:10.570 --> 00:12:15.990 you know this like a code like in a sector yeah 00:12:15.990 --> 00:12:19.289 in the sector and there is no phones you have 00:12:19.289 --> 00:12:23.970 to chant no sitting like i don't know how to 00:12:23.970 --> 00:12:27.850 watch a football game like that because I think 00:12:27.850 --> 00:12:30.950 they are not watching it. It's religion. It's 00:12:30.950 --> 00:12:33.570 almost like religion for them, right? Yes. They 00:12:33.570 --> 00:12:36.610 are mad. And apparently, if you don't follow 00:12:36.610 --> 00:12:39.570 these rules, you will be kicked out of this club, 00:12:39.710 --> 00:12:45.629 of this unique club. Yeah. When I say club, I 00:12:45.629 --> 00:12:51.330 mean the cult. The cult of the team, of the ultras. 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:56.539 And yeah, both ultras are very strong, like the 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:59.340 strongest in the Czech Republic from the things 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:03.019 I know, it's Hagi. That's true. Like Zleta in 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:08.840 the Czech Republic. So two strong groups have 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:12.639 met on Mestski Stadion, yes. And that's what 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.220 I want to talk to you about a little bit, right? 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:17.340 So we don't have time to analyze the whole game, 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:22.000 but I think a 2 -2 draw, I think... Okay, a little 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.179 bit disappointing for Banik because they were 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:28.200 the home team. But from what I heard from you, 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:32.500 it was a great game. Am I right? Yes, both teams 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:37.220 are disappointed. In Poland, we are saying that 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:39.840 Legia is disappointed because they could win 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.559 and Banik could win. So I don't know how are, 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:46.500 you know, informations in Czech Republic, but... 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:51.080 Both teams were very close to win the first leg. 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:56.200 And you know what? It was a very offensive game. 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:02.799 Legia had more chances, maybe, but Banik's chances 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:08.360 were more clear. Higher xG, maybe. Yes, higher 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:15.139 xG, I think. And both teams had... amazing players 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:18.340 like Matej Sin. The first goal was pure art. 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:23.299 He made a fake shot. Rafa Augustyniak was sliding 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:27.320 and I don't know, a few meters after him and 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.960 he scored with his left foot. And you know what? 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.940 I was sitting on the stadium and I didn't see 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:37.320 this goal very good. And then on the next day, 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.690 me and my dad, because I was with my dad. We 00:14:41.690 --> 00:14:44.389 were watching the highlights and then we just 00:14:44.389 --> 00:14:50.370 saw that that was colossal. We were impressed 00:14:50.370 --> 00:14:52.929 by that fantastic goal. It was a great goal. 00:14:53.049 --> 00:14:55.909 And Maciej Sheen is hot goods as well in the 00:14:55.909 --> 00:14:58.549 Czech Republic. He's a young talent, right? So 00:14:58.549 --> 00:15:01.990 I think a lot of teams are interested in buying 00:15:01.990 --> 00:15:06.250 him as well. And there are rumors that he's going 00:15:06.250 --> 00:15:10.870 to the Netherlands. AZ Alkmaar, right. AZ Alkmaar, 00:15:10.929 --> 00:15:15.309 which is a good club, but obviously it would 00:15:15.309 --> 00:15:18.529 be nice if he could stay a bit longer in the 00:15:18.529 --> 00:15:22.330 Czech Republic. For a year. For a year, I think. 00:15:22.490 --> 00:15:26.690 One year more. But on the other hand, if this 00:15:26.690 --> 00:15:30.090 is a talented player and you go to a club like 00:15:30.090 --> 00:15:32.529 AZ Alkmaar, I think it's a good next step, right? 00:15:32.830 --> 00:15:35.750 You don't go straight to Bundesliga or a top 00:15:35.750 --> 00:15:39.330 five league, which might be a bit too much for 00:15:39.330 --> 00:15:42.529 him. That's the next step. This is a gradual 00:15:42.529 --> 00:15:48.129 process of taking the right steps. And I think 00:15:48.129 --> 00:15:50.970 it might be a decent cup for him. Also, a technical 00:15:50.970 --> 00:15:55.830 league, right? So, yeah. Why not? He might thrive 00:15:55.830 --> 00:15:59.210 there. The Netherlands league, Belgium league, 00:15:59.389 --> 00:16:02.350 I don't know, maybe... austria switzerland that's 00:16:02.350 --> 00:16:06.710 a very good way to you know to expose your potential 00:16:06.710 --> 00:16:10.269 and to go to the top five leagues so maybe one 00:16:10.269 --> 00:16:13.149 day in the premier league we will see maybe west 00:16:13.149 --> 00:16:16.850 ham because they like the czech players so yes 00:16:16.850 --> 00:16:21.190 yeah yeah you're right we'll see but uh so this 00:16:21.190 --> 00:16:25.090 game finished in a 2 -2 draw and i think bunny 00:16:25.090 --> 00:16:27.470 could have nicked it at the very end of the game 00:16:27.470 --> 00:16:31.889 they scored with Friedrich, right? But the goal 00:16:31.889 --> 00:16:34.649 was disallowed for an offside. So I think the 00:16:34.649 --> 00:16:37.870 whole stadium started celebrating. Explosion. 00:16:38.629 --> 00:16:41.210 Explosion. It's a classic, right? It's a classic. 00:16:41.269 --> 00:16:45.169 Then everyone is disappointed because VAR, VAR, 00:16:45.169 --> 00:16:51.159 choke it off. There was a free kick, and I told 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:53.879 my dad, record that, it's a free kick, you know. 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:58.919 And he started. Tomasz Rigo, because he's doing 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:03.799 every dead ball in the team. He takes set pieces. 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.460 Okay, thank you. And then Friedrich just scored 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:11.900 an explosion. My dad started screaming to me, 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:16.960 I got it, I got it. And there was a VAR. I was 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:22.420 very disappointed. And what if he scored? What 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:27.519 would be in Poland? What would be in Czech? What 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:34.619 would we be saying? Okay, so what did the Polish 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:37.299 media say after this game then? So you said that 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:42.349 it wasn't good enough for Poland? for Legia, 00:17:42.450 --> 00:17:45.809 but at the same time, it's a draw from an away 00:17:45.809 --> 00:17:48.410 game. I think now they think it's in their hands, 00:17:48.549 --> 00:17:52.730 right? It's actually, the game is played this 00:17:52.730 --> 00:17:55.769 Thursday, this coming Thursday. The return fixture 00:17:55.769 --> 00:18:02.369 is this Thursday. So, yeah, what are the predictions 00:18:02.369 --> 00:18:06.880 for this game anyway in Poland? Legia for sure 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:11.000 won on the very hard ground in Ostrava, on very 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:13.599 muddy ground I would say also, because it was 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:19.559 raining that day. And I can say one thing too, 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:23.400 that the first goal for Legia, which Bartosz 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.759 Kapuska, the captain, scored, it wasn't a hard 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:30.099 shot, but I think the ball was wet. It bounced. 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:35.930 Yeah, it slicked to the goal, yeah. and i think 00:18:35.930 --> 00:18:39.309 because the holettes the the goalkeeper would 00:18:39.309 --> 00:18:42.430 easily you know the save it if it wasn't but 00:18:42.430 --> 00:18:47.210 okay yeah so now uh legia won uh on a very hard 00:18:47.210 --> 00:18:50.730 ground uh they were a little bit disappointed 00:18:50.730 --> 00:18:54.390 because it was an away game like you said yeah 00:18:54.390 --> 00:18:59.250 and it could be even you know the the the win 00:18:59.250 --> 00:19:03.470 for for legia but now it is a draw two two so 00:19:03.470 --> 00:19:07.410 in the warsaw I think their strengths are, I 00:19:07.410 --> 00:19:10.990 don't know, that's very hard for me, but Legia 00:19:10.990 --> 00:19:15.529 60 % and I would say Banik 30 % because on the 00:19:15.529 --> 00:19:18.769 Washington Cup... Wait, wait a minute. 70 % and 00:19:18.769 --> 00:19:23.069 30 % then. 70 % and 30%. You said 60 % and 30%. 00:19:23.069 --> 00:19:30.690 70 % for Legia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 70 % for Legia 00:19:30.690 --> 00:19:35.440 that Legia wins this and 30 % for Banik. Yeah, 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:38.599 that's really hard for me. Legia are the favourites 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:43.720 then. Yes, of course. And even Real Betis in 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:47.140 last season lost. in the war so a lot of team 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:50.220 lost maybe chelsea won chelsea won in conference 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:52.519 league but you know on stanford bridge legia 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.900 won that was something uh that was something 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:57.880 strange that legia won on stanford bridge and 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.859 lost on washington and washington is not the 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:04.460 name of the stadium is a street where the stadium 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:09.799 is located but No one is talking about, you know, 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:13.400 the stadium of Polish, Polish military, something 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:17.180 like that. I don't know. Everyone is like, it's 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:20.619 the Wasinkowska. Okay, I understand. So basically 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:23.079 what you are saying is that it will be quite 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:29.059 tough for Banik to succeed at this place, at 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:33.210 the stadium. So, well... you never know you're 00:20:33.210 --> 00:20:35.490 still supporting banik i assume are you going 00:20:35.490 --> 00:20:37.690 to go are you going to go to warsaw or is that 00:20:37.690 --> 00:20:42.130 too far for you then uh i got a plan to go because 00:20:42.130 --> 00:20:46.789 i didn't know that i um i will be able to watch 00:20:46.789 --> 00:20:49.549 the game in australia because i bought it like 00:20:49.549 --> 00:20:52.589 two days before the game in prague when i was 00:20:52.589 --> 00:20:57.470 with my family in prague we were eating a dinner 00:20:57.470 --> 00:21:04.259 so that was something like no very very quick 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:08.579 for me yeah but no i'm not going uh i will be 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:11.079 watching it in my tv and of course supporting 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:14.079 panic and that's the most important for me and 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.019 my family oh well fingers crossed i hope you 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:20.559 succeed because as as a czech person i'm i'm 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:24.240 of course uh wishing all the best to the czech 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:31.720 team and i hope they manage to knock Legia Warsaw 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:35.799 out of this competition that we call Europa League. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.640 That is something we might have forgotten to 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:42.099 say. We are talking about a Europa League qualifier, 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:44.660 ladies and gentlemen. I believe it's the second 00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:46.779 round of the Europa League qualifier or is it 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:49.859 the third round? Yes, it's the second. Yes, because 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:53.559 in the third round they will be facing NK Celia 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:57.009 or AEK Larnaka, one of these two teams. in the 00:21:57.009 --> 00:21:59.950 third round next stage yeah so the opponent the 00:21:59.950 --> 00:22:02.349 opponents are already known for the winner of 00:22:02.349 --> 00:22:06.190 this tie okay great yes oh franic i have to say 00:22:06.190 --> 00:22:08.890 thank you to you for uh appearing on the next 00:22:10.569 --> 00:22:13.589 No, I have another podcast, guys. That's why 00:22:13.589 --> 00:22:15.910 I accidentally said Zdenek's English podcast. 00:22:16.390 --> 00:22:18.769 If you want, you can check out my other podcast 00:22:18.769 --> 00:22:21.329 called Zdenek's English podcast. But now you're 00:22:21.329 --> 00:22:23.309 listening to the Footgrish podcast. So thank 00:22:23.309 --> 00:22:25.990 you, Franek, for being here, for being the guest 00:22:25.990 --> 00:22:29.910 of the Footgrish podcast, for being the guest 00:22:29.910 --> 00:22:33.190 on the Footgrish podcast, a podcast about football. 00:22:33.349 --> 00:22:36.430 Thank you. Thank you. That was an amazing experience 00:22:36.430 --> 00:22:39.990 for me. And thank you, Justin. I'm glad you liked 00:22:39.990 --> 00:22:44.930 it. And let's go, Baník. Baník Píčo, Baník Píčo, 00:22:44.970 --> 00:22:50.450 hey, hey, hey. Is that correct? Is that how they 00:22:50.450 --> 00:22:55.750 sing it? Yeah, yeah, we were like twice. It's 00:22:55.750 --> 00:22:57.710 a bit rude, ladies and gentlemen, if you don't 00:22:57.710 --> 00:23:00.609 understand. Yes, yes, yes. You can't speak Czech, 00:23:00.670 --> 00:23:03.150 then you can use AI to translate it for you. 00:23:03.690 --> 00:23:06.910 Anyway, thank you very much, Franík, and take 00:23:06.910 --> 00:23:09.430 care, man. Okay, thank you. Thank you, you too. 00:23:09.589 --> 00:23:17.490 Bye -bye. Welcome back to the Language Corner. 00:23:17.630 --> 00:23:20.509 As always, in this part of the show, I'm going 00:23:20.509 --> 00:23:23.950 to be explaining and clarifying some vocabulary 00:23:23.950 --> 00:23:27.230 from this episode, which I thought was a really 00:23:27.230 --> 00:23:30.289 interesting interview with this young Polish 00:23:30.289 --> 00:23:33.569 fan supporting Bani Gostrawa. I think it's a 00:23:33.569 --> 00:23:36.940 good choice for a guest. Please let me know what 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:39.200 you think about this episode in the comments. 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:43.839 Do you think that I should interview more people 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:49.200 like him? And let's get started with the vocabulary 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.380 I picked for us. There's a list, quite a list, 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:57.559 and I want to explain it all. So let's get cracking. 00:23:57.819 --> 00:24:01.160 I said at the beginning of the interview, I suggested 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:05.730 that Franek is a traitor to his nation. Because 00:24:05.730 --> 00:24:08.410 he's Polish, but not supporting Legia Warsaw. 00:24:08.690 --> 00:24:12.250 He's actually a Polish guy supporting Banik. 00:24:12.269 --> 00:24:15.890 If someone is a traitor, that means that that 00:24:15.890 --> 00:24:21.349 person is betraying his country. He is not loyal 00:24:21.349 --> 00:24:27.630 to his country, right? So, obviously, it's said 00:24:27.630 --> 00:24:31.430 in a humorous way. I was just teasing Franek. 00:24:31.470 --> 00:24:35.259 I didn't actually mean that he's a traitor. But 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:37.819 you could be a traitor, for example, in the times 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:42.680 of war, if you basically change the side, right? 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:47.619 So you come from one country, but you basically 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:52.279 become a soldier of the enemy. That would make 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:55.359 you a traitor. But a very good and useful word 00:24:55.359 --> 00:25:00.200 to use, of course. Now. Is it true that Baník 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:04.740 Ostrava is within a stone's throw from the border, 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:07.200 I said? It could be from the border, off the 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:11.539 border, doesn't matter. If a place, a city, town, 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.660 village is within a stone's throw from another 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.700 place, it means it's not very far away from each 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:22.539 other. So this is a phrase that I suggest or 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:27.809 recommend that... IELTS students use when they 00:25:27.809 --> 00:25:31.130 do part one of the IELTS exam. This is the part 00:25:31.130 --> 00:25:33.450 where they ask you what your name is, where you're 00:25:33.450 --> 00:25:37.730 from. I think it's a very useful and sneaky idiom 00:25:37.730 --> 00:25:41.769 to use and, you know, gain some extra points 00:25:41.769 --> 00:25:46.410 for idiomatic English. When you are sort of saying 00:25:46.410 --> 00:25:49.369 where you're from, you can say, I am from, let's 00:25:49.369 --> 00:25:52.230 say, Podjebrady, which is within a stone's throw 00:25:52.230 --> 00:25:56.849 of... or from Prague. There you go. I think very, 00:25:56.910 --> 00:26:03.910 very useful idiom. But they are cheering for 00:26:03.910 --> 00:26:07.329 Banik, I said, about the Polish fans. If you 00:26:07.329 --> 00:26:10.009 are cheering for someone, it means you are supporting 00:26:10.009 --> 00:26:13.759 someone, right? If I cheer for a club, I cheer 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:16.799 for Arsenal. It means I support Arsenal. You 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:20.119 can also say to root for someone is another word 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:23.140 to use. To root for someone, to cheer for someone, 00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:26.940 to support someone. All three mean the same thing. 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:32.180 The fans were boycotting the home games because 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:35.019 the board didn't want to buy new players, right? 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:40.819 So if you boycott... In this case, these Polish 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:44.480 fans, these Zileta fans, they didn't go to the 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:50.339 home games because the board of the Legia Warsaw 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:55.240 club didn't, were waiting too long to buy a new 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.759 player. And these fans, of course, are very demanding. 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:01.500 They want their club to be strong. So they were 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:03.519 boycotting the games. If you boycott something, 00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:07.740 it means that you are protesting against something. 00:27:08.809 --> 00:27:12.950 Sort of quiet protest, non -violent protest, 00:27:13.089 --> 00:27:15.930 a boycott. And you can use it as a verb to boycott 00:27:15.930 --> 00:27:19.970 something. Right. I think, for example, let's 00:27:19.970 --> 00:27:26.430 say if Russia competed in the Euros, in the next 00:27:26.430 --> 00:27:32.049 Euros, and the war was still going on, I think 00:27:32.049 --> 00:27:35.809 a lot of fans would boycott. the tournament right 00:27:35.809 --> 00:27:38.890 and maybe not just fans maybe even some teams 00:27:38.890 --> 00:27:41.289 would boycott the tournament they would say i'm 00:27:41.289 --> 00:27:44.650 not going to compete in this tournament unless 00:27:44.650 --> 00:27:50.990 uh russia is not i made it difficult for myself 00:27:50.990 --> 00:27:53.549 there i'm not going to compete in this tournament 00:27:53.549 --> 00:27:57.730 as long as russia are in it right so this means 00:27:57.730 --> 00:28:01.869 to boycott something okay it's like a protest 00:28:01.869 --> 00:28:05.180 it's like protesting against something And then 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:09.160 I said the board buying a new player appease 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:12.880 the fans. So if you appease someone, it's a verb 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:16.200 to appease someone. It means to do something 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:20.099 to sort of meet somebody's demands. Right. And 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:25.079 then as a result, you sort of drop the boycott. 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:28.940 So to prevent further disagreement or fighting 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:32.779 by letting the opposing side have something they 00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:36.950 want. Right. So finally, the board bought a new 00:28:36.950 --> 00:28:40.789 player, as Franek explained to us, and that appeased 00:28:40.789 --> 00:28:44.650 the fans. So the fans no longer had to do the 00:28:44.650 --> 00:28:47.329 boycott. They dropped it. They stopped. They 00:28:47.329 --> 00:28:49.890 stopped boycotting the home games and they start 00:28:49.890 --> 00:28:54.190 coming to the games again. All right. And then 00:28:54.190 --> 00:28:58.589 I said, Matišín is hot goods. But I have to say, 00:28:58.609 --> 00:29:01.250 I checked this and I think this is a false front. 00:29:01.349 --> 00:29:04.069 I think this is wrong. The correct phrase should 00:29:04.069 --> 00:29:08.329 be a hot property. It's more idiomatic. So I 00:29:08.329 --> 00:29:10.549 apologize for that. Sometimes this happens, right? 00:29:10.650 --> 00:29:12.930 This comes from my first language. Don't say 00:29:12.930 --> 00:29:17.390 a hot goods. Say a hot property. If a player 00:29:17.390 --> 00:29:21.170 is a hot property, it means that all clubs want 00:29:21.170 --> 00:29:24.470 to buy this player, right? Currently in the Czech 00:29:24.470 --> 00:29:27.369 League, there is a player called Michal Beran 00:29:27.369 --> 00:29:30.930 who plays for Jablonec. And he is a hot property 00:29:30.930 --> 00:29:34.859 because... All the best Czech clubs want to buy 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:39.039 him or at least are thinking about buying him. 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:42.220 The journalists, they are suggesting this as 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:46.259 well. For Jablonec's sake, let's hope that this 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:49.259 player stays at Jablonec. But for the development 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:52.259 of the player, I think at some point he will 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:55.319 have to go to a better club because he is a fantastic 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:59.500 prospect in the Czech league. Then we were talking 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:03.500 about the game. It was 2 -2. And at the end of 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:06.900 the game, Bani could have nicked it. To nick 00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:09.420 something is a verb which comes from the Cockney 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:13.480 rhyming slang, I believe. Let's say the Cockney 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:16.400 dialect. If you nick something, you steal it. 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:19.099 You nick it, you steal it. So Bani could have 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:22.339 stolen the win at the end. He could have nicked 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:26.799 the win. And everybody was disappointed because 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.779 the goal that Friedrich scored... was chalked 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:33.539 off i said var chalked it off to chalk something 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:36.900 off it comes from i think like school the school 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:40.640 times when do you guys still remember back in 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:43.779 the day when we were young uh we we would use 00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:47.099 the we would use the blackboard and a chalk that 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:50.619 white thing to write with right and if you chalk 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:54.440 something off you sort of delete it so in this 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:59.319 case It's used when you disallow a goal. A goal 00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:03.099 was disallowed by VAR. It was choked off. It 00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:07.140 was cancelled. Okay, I guess that will be it 00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:09.880 for today's episode of the Footclish podcast. 00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:13.480 I want to thank you for watching. If you were 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:16.619 watching this on YouTube. And I want to thank 00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:19.900 you for listening as well. If this was an audio 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:23.190 experience for you. Either way. If you want, 00:31:23.250 --> 00:31:25.529 there are ways you can support the FootGlish 00:31:25.529 --> 00:31:28.190 podcast. Of course, you can give this video a 00:31:28.190 --> 00:31:31.769 like. 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