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PREDICTION
This week’s featured match sees the Spanish champions Barcelona open the defence of their title away at Racing Santander. Below are the predictions of the languagecaster team – can you do better?
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FOOTBALL EXPRESSION
This week’s football phrase is the word gaffer which is a word used by players to describe the boss, the coach or manager of the team. The word originally was used to refer to a foreman or boss on construction site but has been popular in the football world since the 1970s. In a recent article in the British press, England and Spurs striker, Jermain Defoe reckoned that his gaffer was the best in the country. The gaffer.
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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:
When was the last time a team apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid won La Liga?
a. Valencia
b. Deportivo La Coruña
c. Atletico Madrid
d. Sevilla
Answer next week.
The answer to last week’s question was that Manchester City have won the league title on two occasions in 1937 and 1968.
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