To not lose or draw a game, to gain a victory. It collocates with the nouns game, match, tournament, competition, award and even free-kick or penalty
- Example: Spain won both the 2008 and 2012 European Championships
- Example: Uruguay won the first ever World Cup in 1930
In this football language podcast we take a look at the phrase 'winning run', and other similar phrases.
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Euro 24 Football Language Phrase (Day 16): Whimper The knockout phase of the competition has started and day 16’s Euro 24 football...
In this football language post we explain the expression 'to wipe the floor with' which is used to describe when one team thrashes another...
This week sees the hosting of the World Cup Draw and so in this post we explain the expression 'World Cup Draw'
Wayward pass: In this football language post we explain the phrase 'wayward' when describing a pass in football.
