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2026 World Cup Language Podcast Day 22: (to) Breeze Past

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2026 World Cup Language Podcast Day 22: (to) Breeze Past

Day twenty two at the 2026 World Cup and on this World Cup language podcast we look at the phrase breeze past and the Spain v Austria match in the Round of 32. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions about the phrase or our podcast then you can contact us here.

Welcome

DB: Hello and welcome to the Learn English Through Football podcast. This is  our daily World Cup phrase. My name’s Damon and I’m talking to you from Japan. Even though Japan were knocked out of the tournament last week, there is still a lot of interest in the World Cup, with fans of football choosing their next favourite team.

How about you? If your team is not in the World Cup or has been knocked out, who are you supporting? For many people it might be Spain. And they beat Austria 3-0 in the Round of 32 and it is from this match that we have today’s football phrase – to breeze past.

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DB: Before we talk about that phrase, don’t forget to give us a like, tell a friend, and generally just write positive things if you like what we do. And, remember that you can leave an idea for some football langauge to talk about, a comment, or a question for us by sending a message to contact@learnenglishthroughfootball.com. 

Stinger: You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast.com (from a Ghana fan)

DB: Thank you for that message, which was in Twi from Ghana.

(to) Breeze Past

DB: OK, let’s take a look at today’s phrase: to breeze past. Spain breezed past Austria in their Round of 32 match, winning 3-0 and never really looked in trouble. When we say a team breezed past another team, we mean they won easily and comfortably. There was no real struggle, no late drama, and no danger of the result being different.
 
The verb to breeze suggests something happening smoothly and with no effort, like a nice wind pushing the team along. In football, if a team breezes past its opponent, it makes the game look easy.
 
For example: Spain breezed past Austria to reach the next round.
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Breeze Through

DB: A slightly different pattern for this phrase is to breeze through. We often use breeze through when we talk about competitions or stages of a tournament. For example: Spain breezed through to the last 16 after their comfortable win.
 
So, if a team wins easily you can say they breezed past their opponents and breezed through to the next round.
 

Stinger: You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast.com (from a Brazilian fan)

DB: Thank you for that message which was from a fan of Brazil.

Goodbye

DB: And that brings us to the end of the show. Today, we looked at two phrases – to breeze past and to breeze through. Both of these are used to describe an easy win. Drop us a line and share any football language that you find interesting and tell us how to say these expressions in your language too. We’ll be back tomorrow with more football language from the World Cup. Until then, ta-ra!

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