2019 Women’s World Cup Semi-finals: England vs USA and Sweden vs Holland: We now know the two sides that will contest the 2019 Women’s World Cup final in Lyon on Sunday: the Netherlands and the USA. The Dutch had to battle through 120 minutes against a tough Swedish side while the USA won 2-1 in 90 minutes against England. In today’s post we look at some language that emerged from those two games. We also take a look at our predictions battle and look ahead to the final (and the third place play-off). If you have any suggestions or language questions then contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.2019 Women’s World Cup Language: Sloppy
The USA defeated England 2-1 in the first semi-final on Tuesday in Lyon and though England missed a penalty in the final ten minutes the best team definitely won. The American side were fitter, smarter and more clinical in front of goal while the English side were described as being ‘sloppy‘ both in front of goal and with their passes. To be sloppy means to be careless or casual and when a team is sloppy in front of goal it means that they miss chances, they fail to score. Sloppy passing means that passes to team mates go astray – they do not reach their intended targets. Check out our quiz on the language of passing here.
2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions
There are only two games to go and we have a two-horse race at the top with jlacey three points ahead of Aki – these are the only two players that can win the predictions title with only 6 points to play for. Noboby predicted a 0-0 draw between Seden and Holland though Domestic Treble did get 1 pojnt for the 1-1 predicted score. Lots of players did predict a US 2-1 victory over England including Deryk, Fugesi, Okawara, Jon and leader jlacey. There are two games left so don’t forget to enter your scores before they take place! Saturday England take on Sweden to see which team finishes third while on Sunday the holders USA face first-time finalists the Netherlands in Lyon.
To play the predictions game, it’s not too late, you can log in/register and then add your scores. More information about playing can be found here. There will be a small prize for the winner!
Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and you can ask questions about football language here in our forums. If you have any suggestions, contact us at admin@languagecaster.com
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