What does "dead and buried" mean in football?
MAN CITY 1-0 BRIGHTON
75: Into the last 15 minutes - and Brighton are far from dead and buried. It only takes one moment - but they've not given Ederson too much to worry about.
39mins GOAL! Dundee United 0-2 Celtic
David Turnbull
United are all over the place at the back and this game looks dead and buried already as David Turnbull makes no mistake with his second chance within a couple of minutes.
PORTO 1-4 LIVERPOOL
80. After looking like they could maybe find a way back into this game, Porto now look dead and buried again.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Atletico Madrid (Suarez 57)
Well, well, well! Atletico should be dead and buried, but Suarez latches onto a loose ball and pearls one towards the top right from the edge of the box. The ball takes a twang off Matip and into the left-hand side of the net, past a rooted Alisson!
To be dead and buried means that something is over or finished. So, if a team looks dead and buried it means that they look as if they will not come back into the game.
- In the first example above, Brighton are only one goal behind Manchester City so they are not yet out of the game - they still have a chance of getting back into it and so we can say that they are not dead and buried yet.
- In the second example, Dundee United are losing by two goals and look completely disorganised ('all over the place at the back') so we can say that the game already looks dead and buried as their opponent (Celtic) are completely dominating.
- In the third example, Porto thought they were back in the game at 3-1 down but a fourth Liverpool goal meant the Reds were certainly going to win and so we can say that Porto are dead and buried - they are not coming back.Â
- Atletico were losing by two goals and appeared to be out of the game but then after scoring a goal (pulled one back) we can say that they are no longer dead and buried but instead have a chance of getting back into the game.
Thanks a lot for the explanation, Damian
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