WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 You're listening to the Footglish podcast. Love 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:09.660 football, learn English. How did the Slovaks 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:12.660 manage to defeat Germany, who hadn't lost an 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:16.019 away qualification game before? How did the Polish 00:00:16.019 --> 00:00:18.460 team do in their first two qualification games? 00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:21.500 Did the Czech Republic team play well against 00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:25.239 Montenegro? And what does the saying a new broom 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.179 sweeps clean mean and how is it used in English? 00:00:48.649 --> 00:00:51.250 Hello and welcome to another episode of the FootGlish 00:00:51.250 --> 00:00:54.890 podcast. This is a podcast for English learners 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:58.490 who love the beautiful game. Do you guys know 00:00:58.490 --> 00:01:01.109 what the beautiful game is? Of course, it is 00:01:01.109 --> 00:01:06.109 football. And I'm today joined by Tomas, who 00:01:06.109 --> 00:01:08.510 has been on this podcast before. Hello, Tomas. 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:13.030 Hello. Thank you for having me once again. It's 00:01:13.030 --> 00:01:16.030 a pleasure to be here. Anytime. I think you've 00:01:16.030 --> 00:01:19.150 become somewhat... a regular here on this podcast 00:01:19.150 --> 00:01:22.870 which is great and we are here today to discuss 00:01:22.870 --> 00:01:27.170 the results of the slavic teams of the slavs 00:01:27.170 --> 00:01:31.010 so you are representing poland of course i'm 00:01:31.010 --> 00:01:33.590 representing my country the czech republic but 00:01:33.590 --> 00:01:37.549 we could also touch upon the games of slovakia 00:01:37.549 --> 00:01:41.049 and possibly ukraine too are you ready to start 00:01:41.049 --> 00:01:46.930 oh i am ready it's time for for national competition 00:01:46.930 --> 00:01:50.829 once again and that's that's always great nice 00:01:50.829 --> 00:01:54.989 so last thursday we are recording on uh monday 00:01:54.989 --> 00:01:59.609 early evening let's say and the the first game 00:01:59.609 --> 00:02:04.010 of the qualification um interlal was actually 00:02:04.010 --> 00:02:07.250 uh slovakia of the slavic teams was actually 00:02:07.250 --> 00:02:09.870 slovakia germany which was the most shocking 00:02:09.870 --> 00:02:13.870 result the biggest upset did you watch that game 00:02:13.870 --> 00:02:15.979 or did you Did you see the highlights at least? 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:22.180 Well, I've seen the highlights and many commentaries 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:26.780 afterwards because I, as you know, I live in 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:29.340 Germany. So it's a very interesting topic for 00:02:29.340 --> 00:02:34.280 me. But the game of Poland was at the same time. 00:02:34.659 --> 00:02:38.379 So I watched Poland, of course. Yeah, this is 00:02:38.379 --> 00:02:44.039 exactly the same time. And actually... i got 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:48.460 the message from you that germany is not only 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:51.699 not leading but it's losing to slovakia yeah 00:02:51.699 --> 00:02:55.520 that was the message i saw and then i started 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:59.300 i started uh watching both games i was watching 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:03.840 the slope slovak game because yeah it was under 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.659 unbelievable result and a performance from slovakia 00:03:07.659 --> 00:03:10.719 david hansko scored their first goal and then 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:17.379 they added one more through Strelet and yeah 00:03:17.379 --> 00:03:20.180 it's a great result now they are top of the league 00:03:20.180 --> 00:03:27.219 in a difficult group with Germany in it and what's 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:31.360 to say about it well perhaps we should say that 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.240 Germany haven't actually lost a qualification 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:40.620 match away from home yeah in the history of qualifiers 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:42.780 so this is like the first time it happened in 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:45.500 history i couldn't believe it when i saw it yeah 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:49.400 apparently so i couldn't believe it when i saw 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:54.599 it but it turns out to be true so it's like we 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.840 are talking about 50 52 games of not losing an 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:01.139 away game so that is an incredible achievement 00:04:01.139 --> 00:04:05.199 for slovakia to be that team that break that 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:10.870 and um yeah i know they've lost i know they've 00:04:10.870 --> 00:04:13.770 lost in poland once but maybe it wasn't world 00:04:13.770 --> 00:04:16.129 cup qualification maybe it was the euro qualification 00:04:16.129 --> 00:04:19.689 that's why yeah but the i i think i think you 00:04:19.689 --> 00:04:24.769 mean the the world cup uh koi so that's it it's 00:04:24.769 --> 00:04:29.990 it's amazing to be honest and yeah what do you 00:04:29.990 --> 00:04:33.959 think about the game you you've seen it all and 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:38.779 so my impression was it wasn't a lucky win no 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:42.319 no no not at all incredible game of slovakia 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.680 the thing about about slovaks yeah they are an 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.160 interesting nation yeah so they they are just 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.360 capable of anything sometimes when they get sort 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.360 of into trance it's almost like they get into 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.240 the zone or something it's like a trance they 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:01.170 they are like they can have they can put in a 00:05:01.170 --> 00:05:05.189 heroic shift yeah they're like unbelievable sometimes 00:05:05.189 --> 00:05:08.110 i i don't really see this from the czech team 00:05:08.110 --> 00:05:11.110 ever but then they they can also be an average 00:05:11.110 --> 00:05:13.790 team slovaks because for example their second 00:05:13.790 --> 00:05:18.110 game they they barely they barely managed to 00:05:18.110 --> 00:05:21.750 beat luxembourg away they scored a goal in the 00:05:21.750 --> 00:05:29.500 90th minute so not only this They have also lost 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:33.540 a goal in this game that was once again taken 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:36.819 away by the video assistant referee. So they 00:05:36.819 --> 00:05:39.779 were really close to losing against Luxembourg. 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:45.019 And it's really interesting what it could be 00:05:45.019 --> 00:05:51.019 that just as you said, they have invested everything 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:54.620 in this first game. And I have to say, I haven't 00:05:54.620 --> 00:05:59.920 seen... The defenders of the German team, they 00:05:59.920 --> 00:06:06.319 were confused for years. And they had some games 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:10.959 in which they weren't perfect. But this game 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:15.800 was really something. The pressure that they 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:21.720 came under was absolutely incredible. did a great 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.920 job and i think absolutely they will be one of 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:29.300 the teams who will try to to win the group because 00:06:29.300 --> 00:06:32.879 the germans played a second game against north 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:38.920 ireland and it wasn't this good also they they 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:42.300 won but there is some trouble in this in this 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:45.339 team so the slovaks i'm looking forward to seeing 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:50.310 more they have a chance the thing is It comes 00:06:50.310 --> 00:06:55.389 down to them beating everyone else, right? And 00:06:55.389 --> 00:06:59.490 then if they lose against Germany, it will all 00:06:59.490 --> 00:07:03.009 boil down to the goal difference. Yeah, probably. 00:07:03.209 --> 00:07:05.629 It's not over yet. Germans could still win it, 00:07:05.689 --> 00:07:10.350 you know. Yeah, that's the point. We'll see. 00:07:10.649 --> 00:07:14.610 We'll see. We have to wait. wait and see and 00:07:14.610 --> 00:07:17.310 what about the polish game then against the netherlands 00:07:17.310 --> 00:07:19.910 so you were you were one nil down and then you 00:07:19.910 --> 00:07:22.589 managed to equalize right how did you see that 00:07:22.589 --> 00:07:28.410 game we went through some very difficult period 00:07:28.410 --> 00:07:33.750 and to be honest the most polish fans didn't 00:07:33.750 --> 00:07:38.110 have any high hopes so we just hoped that we 00:07:38.110 --> 00:07:44.149 wouldn't have lost five nil or six nil it would 00:07:44.149 --> 00:07:51.449 already be considered great from the polish fans 00:07:51.449 --> 00:07:57.990 but the new manager that came to the team had 00:07:57.990 --> 00:08:04.350 of course once again taken levandowski as a captain 00:08:04.350 --> 00:08:08.319 it was clear that it it has to happen And this 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:13.339 first game against the Netherlands was incredibly 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:17.600 well played in every part of the field by the 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:23.399 Polish team. We had to defend a lot, but it was 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:27.000 a very decent defense, which, just like it is 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:30.560 in football, a little bit of luck. But they stayed 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:35.259 very consistent. They stayed very good, well 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:41.159 organized. And then at some point, they got discouraged 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:47.820 to play forward more and more. Nice. And equalized 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:52.240 with style with the wonderful goal of Matty Cash, 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:55.500 who is the player of Aston Villa. And didn't 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:58.399 he also score in your second game, which you 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.879 played against Finland, right? You also won your 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:04.720 second game, which was played yesterday against 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:07.139 Finland. He scored the equaliser, right? He scored 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:09.419 the equaliser in the game against Netherlands. 00:09:09.580 --> 00:09:12.600 And then the first, very important first goal 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:17.320 in the game against Finland. And that was this 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:21.179 first goal of the second game that was missing 00:09:21.179 --> 00:09:25.659 in the game of Slovakia, to open the score. Exactly. 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:27.039 You need to do that. Get on the board, on the 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.720 scoreboard. and that was really important because 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:34.100 afterwards there were there came more levandowski 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:38.879 scored one and then um we got the third one in 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:45.500 the in the second uh half so yeah so so four 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:49.840 points decent games it's really very surprising 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.779 how can a team change in such a short period 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:58.759 because Those were months without a manager, 00:09:58.899 --> 00:10:02.720 without a strategy for the future. And now, thanks 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:06.399 to those two games, everything's possible. A 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:10.299 new broom sweeps clean, is the phrase. I think 00:10:10.299 --> 00:10:15.419 so, that's the case. I think so too. Actually, 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.200 I think it was really important for you that 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.240 he started playing Lewandowski again, as you 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:25.440 said, because obviously we still remember you 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:28.100 talking about... this Lewandowski situation on 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:30.659 this podcast. We've recorded one before or at 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:32.960 the beginning of summer or something. And so 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:34.940 this is resolved now. I think the atmosphere 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:37.899 is better. Four points under your belt after 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:41.559 two qualification matches. Arguably the most 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:47.080 difficult one behind you. The one away from home 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:50.360 in the Netherlands. So that's a real positive. 00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:53.519 And now you just have to see what happens next. 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:59.279 Congratulations to our neighbors in Poland. And 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.899 well, our team, the Czech Republic, we played 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:07.120 on Friday. And I have to say, I wasn't watching 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.799 this game with 100 % of concentration because 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.500 I was also hosting a board game weekend in my 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:15.960 house. So I had some friends over as I was playing 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.779 board games and had the TV on the side. It was 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:22.200 my laptop on the, like in the corner of the room 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.779 so that I... Obviously wanted to play with my 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:27.919 friends. And when I turned it on, it was three 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.940 minutes into the game and I saw our players celebrating. 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:34.580 So I didn't even see the first goal. We opened 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:37.960 the scoring really early. And that was important. 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:40.639 And actually the first 10 minutes from our team 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:47.879 were amazing. But then gradually Montenegro got 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:56.549 into the game. It was a bit nervy towards the 00:11:56.549 --> 00:11:58.909 end of the game. It could have gone either way. 00:11:58.990 --> 00:12:02.909 They could have equalised, but we had our goalkeeper, 00:12:02.970 --> 00:12:10.129 Stanek. He really made a few great saves and 00:12:10.129 --> 00:12:14.009 then we killed the game off with another goal 00:12:14.009 --> 00:12:19.230 in the added time. And so 2 -0 at Montenegro, 00:12:19.230 --> 00:12:22.100 I think is a good result. It wasn't perfect, 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.960 I think. There were a lot of problems with our 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:28.740 play, but three points against Montenegro. We 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:31.059 are currently top of the group, but that's because 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:35.559 Croatia have... Is it either one or two games 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:39.840 in hand? Two games. Two games less. So the situation 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:42.980 is that they beat us at home. I think it was 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:46.240 5 -0 or something like that. And now they are 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.220 in a very comfortable position. it's really tough 00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:52.059 for us even if we beat them at home they will 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:54.840 probably because of this uh goal difference they 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.539 will probably still win the group so we we need 00:12:57.539 --> 00:13:00.700 them to drop points somewhere and that's not 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:04.620 gonna happen so i think we are just our our aim 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:06.460 should be to secure the second place and just 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:11.759 to try to uh get through into the world cup through 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:17.950 the playoffs yeah well I have to say I watched 00:13:17.950 --> 00:13:21.450 the game of Czech Republic. Oh, you did? Yes, 00:13:21.950 --> 00:13:24.049 I was your substitute because you couldn't, so 00:13:24.049 --> 00:13:27.429 I did it for you. Nice, thank you. Crossing my 00:13:27.429 --> 00:13:30.909 fingers. And I have to say, just like you said, 00:13:31.190 --> 00:13:35.470 the Czechs started really well. I thought it 00:13:35.470 --> 00:13:45.539 would be a very high win. Then, just... as always 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:49.500 in Montenegro, the things got messy. So Montenegro 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:54.580 is a team who plays really physical football, 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:59.879 who can confuse every team of the globe with 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:02.799 what are they playing, what are they doing. And 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:08.600 there was this phase of confusion in the faces 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:12.480 of the Czech team. So they really played well. 00:14:13.289 --> 00:14:16.929 And they managed not to lose a goal. And I think 00:14:16.929 --> 00:14:19.669 that was actually a great game from the Czech 00:14:19.669 --> 00:14:24.090 team. Not to concede a goal, yeah. Yes, not to 00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:29.409 concede a goal. That was incredible because Montenegro 00:14:29.409 --> 00:14:36.629 is a very, very hard team to play away. I hope 00:14:36.629 --> 00:14:41.169 Croatia can drop points there. This is our only 00:14:41.169 --> 00:14:44.500 hope, I suppose. it can happen i can remember 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:47.679 we we also had some experience uh the polish 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:50.600 national team with uh playing in podgorica i 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.080 think that that's the that's the the city yeah 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.639 and they i can remember a great goal of uh lukasz 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:02.899 piszczek our ex national team player who played 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:07.340 for borussia dortmund for many years and he scored 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:10.559 a magnificent goal against montenegro once so 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:16.940 it's Always a very, very tough place to play 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:20.480 also. Because the stadium is playing with the 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:23.500 national team. They are creating this incredible 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:27.580 atmosphere that they are very proud of. So the 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:34.159 Czechs did pretty well. And I had some doubts. 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:38.399 And I thought it could be that in the stoppage 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.059 time of the second half. uh for example the montenegro 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:44.980 would equalize so what checks did scoring another 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:49.299 goal was great so i think yeah and they left 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:53.559 it to to the late moment which was yeah i wish 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:55.879 it had happened earlier but it is what it is 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:59.940 and uh three points on under our belt and uh 00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:01.960 it's the second time we beat them in the qualification 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.559 group as well so uh that's gonna be be really 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.639 hard for them to bounce back in that group because 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:11.639 of those two defeats But also we could mention 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:14.919 the result of Ukraine, which I have to be honest. 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:18.500 I did not watch and they played. I don't think 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:21.059 they were the home team Ukraine, but I don't 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:23.200 think they played in Ukraine because of the war 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.620 situation. I don't actually know where they played, 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:31.200 but they faced France. They took on France and 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:35.279 they lost 2 -0. Well, I have this information 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.639 for you because they played in Poland. Ah, they 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:41.679 played in Poland. Was it in Wroclaw last year? 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.399 Yes, it was in Wroclaw. I think it was in Wroclaw. 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.580 I'm checking, but it was in Wroclaw. I went to 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:51.220 the Czech Republic -Ukraine game in Wroclaw last 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:54.220 year. You might remember. Yes, I remember well. 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:58.019 I did a podcast about it one year ago here. So, 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:00.440 2 -0. They lost 2 -0 to France, to be honest. 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:04.099 France is just one of the best teams in the world. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:10.029 I saw the... the stats from this game and it 00:17:10.029 --> 00:17:13.130 turns out that mbappe scored once as well and 00:17:13.130 --> 00:17:16.769 looking at the the number of shots on goal and 00:17:16.769 --> 00:17:21.609 off of target as well uh is more or less in uh 00:17:21.609 --> 00:17:26.109 France's favor uh significantly so I guess they 00:17:26.109 --> 00:17:31.349 deserve to win yeah that it's a great stop did 00:17:31.349 --> 00:17:34.309 their best Ukraine did their best they they have 00:17:34.309 --> 00:17:37.680 a an opportunity to fight against Iceland and 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:40.960 Azerbaijan that they have in their group. So 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:43.740 they can qualify for the next stage. It's that 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:47.640 everything's possible. But of course, against 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.380 France, you have to... Second place should be 00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:52.799 realistic for them and then just... I think so. 00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:55.279 Actually, Czech Republic might face them at some 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:58.319 point in the playoffs. It will be tough because 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:00.980 I think the way the playoffs works these days 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:03.539 is that you have got like a semi -final. Then 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:08.049 if the winners of... the semifinal in the final, 00:18:08.089 --> 00:18:11.609 only one of the four teams goes through. So it's 00:18:11.609 --> 00:18:16.170 really ruthless there. Really tough. Okay, Tomas, 00:18:16.170 --> 00:18:19.609 I think that's it. If any of you guys enjoyed 00:18:19.609 --> 00:18:23.769 listening to this podcast, then you can give 00:18:23.769 --> 00:18:26.150 us a like on the YouTube channel because this 00:18:26.150 --> 00:18:29.509 was also recorded as a video. The Teachers' Daniek 00:18:29.509 --> 00:18:31.849 YouTube channel. Tomas, is there something we 00:18:31.849 --> 00:18:36.470 could promote for you as well? Well, I don't 00:18:36.470 --> 00:18:41.730 think so. You're a teacher. I'm waiting now only 00:18:41.730 --> 00:18:46.650 for the next game of Poland. And my teaching, 00:18:46.730 --> 00:18:50.410 I'm not very active in my teaching now. I am 00:18:50.410 --> 00:18:53.450 learning languages more at the moment. So I think 00:18:53.450 --> 00:18:56.710 we'll concentrate on football today. I see. I 00:18:56.710 --> 00:19:00.950 see. Well, that's cool. Okay, then. So good luck 00:19:00.950 --> 00:19:03.700 to you, to your team. Thank you very much for 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:06.779 joining me today. And if you didn't have enough 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:09.980 of Tomáš talking to me about football, then there 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:12.359 is another show, which is called Heroes of the 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:16.259 Week, which we are recording sort of subsequently. 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:21.019 So you can tune in for that as well on the Teachers 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:23.680 .net YouTube channel. Thank you very much, Tomáš. 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:26.740 And until next time. See you next time. Bye. 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:35.089 Bye. Welcome back to the Language Corner. And 00:19:35.089 --> 00:19:37.390 as always, in this part of the show, I'm going 00:19:37.390 --> 00:19:40.490 to become an English teacher. Wait a minute. 00:19:40.569 --> 00:19:43.049 I already am an English teacher, so I don't have 00:19:43.049 --> 00:19:45.930 to become one. But what I would like to say is 00:19:45.930 --> 00:19:49.069 that this is my opportunity to showcase my skills 00:19:49.069 --> 00:19:53.190 as an English teacher. That's right. Here comes 00:19:53.190 --> 00:19:58.609 the time when I actually explain or clarify some 00:19:58.609 --> 00:20:01.430 of the vocabulary that appeared, that cropped 00:20:01.430 --> 00:20:07.059 up. In this very interview with Tomáš, and because 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:11.599 I've got quite a few items this time, let's get 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:17.779 started straight away. So, basically, I was talking 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:21.140 about Slovaks, about the Slovak national team 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:24.740 and their heroic performance against Germany 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:29.400 and how they managed to do the unthinkable, to 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:33.440 beat Germany, the team that... hadn't lost an 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:37.839 away game ever in the qualification scenarios. 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.859 As far as I know, this is what they said. They 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:47.799 had never lost a qualification game until they 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:52.700 played against Slovakia. And I said, when they 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:55.799 get into trance, into the zone, they can put 00:20:55.799 --> 00:21:01.289 in an amazing shift. So, let's... let's see what 00:21:01.289 --> 00:21:05.670 we can say about this so what's a trance first 00:21:05.670 --> 00:21:10.450 of all a trance is basically a state in which 00:21:10.450 --> 00:21:14.210 you are you know half awake half sleeping or 00:21:14.210 --> 00:21:16.829 something like that you are in a sort of a hypnotic 00:21:16.829 --> 00:21:21.470 state it also happens to be my favorite music 00:21:21.470 --> 00:21:26.420 style my favorite kind of music And it's basically 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:30.819 some sort of electronic music with a lot of melody 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:35.380 and stuff. So trance is basically a state of 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:38.119 mind, right? It's a state of mind. And they get 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:41.779 into this trance. It's like they are in a different 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.980 place almost and suddenly they start playing 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:47.099 so well, the slow wax. It can happen to them. 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:50.069 I've seen it before. With this nation, I think 00:21:50.069 --> 00:21:52.529 it's because they are emotional people. I also 00:21:52.529 --> 00:21:55.130 said they get into the zone. And if you are in 00:21:55.130 --> 00:21:57.549 the zone, that's a lovely little phrase, which 00:21:57.549 --> 00:22:03.369 means that you are focused and the skill that 00:22:03.369 --> 00:22:06.750 you have comes out. effortlessly you are basically 00:22:06.750 --> 00:22:10.589 performing at your best you are doing the activity 00:22:10.589 --> 00:22:14.589 with high energy and you are fully immersed and 00:22:14.589 --> 00:22:18.170 then it all leads to extraordinary success so 00:22:18.170 --> 00:22:22.210 basically for example if a performer or podcaster 00:22:22.210 --> 00:22:25.829 or english teacher are in the zone well this 00:22:25.829 --> 00:22:29.670 is when you are the best that you have ever been, 00:22:29.809 --> 00:22:32.710 right? Everybody wants to get into the zone. 00:22:32.829 --> 00:22:35.190 Everybody wants to be in the zone, especially 00:22:35.190 --> 00:22:38.769 comedians, stand -up comedians, people like that, 00:22:38.829 --> 00:22:40.890 people that have to entertain, people that have 00:22:40.890 --> 00:22:44.450 to make jokes. It's not always easy, right? If 00:22:44.450 --> 00:22:48.089 you're at your average, maybe it's not enough, 00:22:48.250 --> 00:22:51.730 but you want to get into that zone. Similar sort 00:22:51.730 --> 00:22:55.799 of phrase to... to the trance, really, in this 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:59.099 context. And I also said that they can put in 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:03.299 an amazing shift. A shift is another way to say 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:07.059 performance. They can perform well, basically, 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:12.779 really well. They can perform an extraordinary 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:17.039 amount of work, effort and give a very effective 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:19.420 performance, especially in a job or activity 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:24.890 like a sports match. That's right. Right. Then 00:23:24.890 --> 00:23:28.109 I was talking about the new Polish national coach, 00:23:28.490 --> 00:23:31.890 the national team coach. And I use this saying 00:23:31.890 --> 00:23:35.369 a new broom sweeps clean. So, you know what a 00:23:35.369 --> 00:23:38.769 broom is used for, right? If you have a lot of 00:23:38.769 --> 00:23:43.490 dust or some dirt on the ground, on your floor, 00:23:43.589 --> 00:23:47.480 you need to use a broom to sweep it, right? And 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:51.359 if the broom is old, then maybe it doesn't sweep 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:56.940 very well. Maybe it leaves out some spots. So 00:23:56.940 --> 00:24:01.079 it's not a perfect cleaning job. However, if 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:05.420 you buy a new broom, then obviously it will be 00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:12.740 more effective. And we use it to describe someone's 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:16.680 role. Usually it's someone in charge, a manager 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:20.039 or, I don't know, the head of a company or something. 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:22.299 In this case, a football manager. And when you 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:25.480 replace that football manager, suddenly it starts 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:28.240 clicking. It starts working well because a new 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:31.579 broom always sweeps clean, right? And a similar 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:35.519 phrase is the manager bounce, right? When you 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:38.599 get the manager bounce, that means that the new 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:42.720 team often performs well, even if they are overperforming, 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:47.759 right? Okay. And then I also said that Croatia 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.339 have two games in hand, which means they have 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:54.599 still two games yet to play because everybody 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:57.079 needs to play the same number of matches, right, 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.539 in a league table. And Croatia still haven't 00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:03.619 played two games. So we say you have a game in 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:06.880 hand or two games in hand if you still haven't 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:10.150 played those games. I guess that's it. Guys, 00:25:10.269 --> 00:25:12.789 as always, I will have to ask you to support 00:25:12.789 --> 00:25:15.410 me. I say I will have to. I want to. I want to 00:25:15.410 --> 00:25:18.769 do this because I might as well. You know, when 00:25:18.769 --> 00:25:20.589 you are doing something like this, when you have 00:25:20.589 --> 00:25:23.190 a podcast, a YouTube channel, you need people. 00:25:23.269 --> 00:25:25.569 Without people, you are nothing. Without viewers, 00:25:25.750 --> 00:25:29.430 listeners. So now I'm addressing you guys, my 00:25:29.430 --> 00:25:32.769 audience. Could you please give this video a 00:25:32.769 --> 00:25:36.890 like and also subscribe? to the Teachers' Danek 00:25:36.890 --> 00:25:39.450 YouTube channel. And why not leave a comment? 00:25:39.769 --> 00:25:43.349 Have you watched any of the qualification games? 00:25:43.710 --> 00:25:46.910 Or why don't you tell me why you don't watch 00:25:46.910 --> 00:25:50.170 any qualification games and you prefer the club 00:25:50.170 --> 00:25:53.190 football, perhaps? Anything will do, any kind 00:25:53.190 --> 00:25:57.609 of comment. Just please keep it polite. That's 00:25:57.609 --> 00:26:00.269 all I'm asking for. Even if you disagree with 00:26:00.269 --> 00:26:02.910 me, disagreeing is always fine, as long as you 00:26:02.910 --> 00:26:07.849 keep it respectable. which 99 % of people can 00:26:07.849 --> 00:26:11.789 do, but you always have that 0 .1 % of idiots. 00:26:11.910 --> 00:26:15.309 They are everywhere. Anyway, thank you very much 00:26:15.309 --> 00:26:18.049 for listening and watching and I'll speak to 00:26:18.049 --> 00:26:19.670 you soon. Take care for now.