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Football Phrase of the Week: The Goal Stands
In this football phrase of the week we look at some language from the weekend, including the phrase, ‘the goal stands‘ from the Newcastle United win over Manchester City. You can read the transcript for this post 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 then you can contact us here.
DF: Hello everyone. This is Damian from the Learn English Through Football team and I hope you are all doing well.Welcome to this week’s football phrase which is when we look back at some of the football language from the past weekend.
Now, it’s not been a very good weekend for the Learn English Through Football team as both Liverpool and Tottenham were well beaten: Damon’s favourite team Liverpool lost 0-3 at home to Nottingham Forest, while my team Spurs were thumped 4-1 by Arsenal. Painful indeed.
Stinger: You are listening to Languagecaster (from a Swedish listener)
DF: Yes, you are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast and that message was in Swedish.
The Goal Stands
DF: Right, today’s football expression looks at what happens when a goal is checked by VAR. Sometimes it is disallowed as VAR has seen a foul, an offside or a handball so the goal has been chalked off , that’s another phrase for disallowed. Other times VAR cannot find any problem or infringement with the goal and the referee allows the goal to stand.
So, if the goal stands it means that the goal is allowed; the goal has been given, despite the fact that there may have been some doubt over it.
In the Newcastle versus Manchester City match last weekend, Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes scored a well-taken goal which was then checked on VAR as it appeared that there was an offside in the build up. The VAR official took nearly four minutes to decide but in the end felt that the goal was good; the goal was allowed and so we can say that the goal stood – it was a ‘legal’ goal. Here’s how the BBC reported the goal:
There was a lengthy video assistant referee (VAR) check for offside, but the goal stood to send St James’ into raptures once more. (BBC.com)
Stinger: You are listening to Languagecaster (a Greek fan)
DF: That message was from a football fan in Greece. It would be great for more fans to send us on a stinger (or a message) for our show; just say ‘you are listening to ‘Learn English Through Football.com’ in English or in any language that you know! We’d love to hear from you.
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DF: So, on today’s football expression of the week we looked at the phrase, ‘the goal stands‘ or ‘the goal stood‘ which of course is when a goal has been checked and cleared and VAR or the referee has not disallowed it. And how would you say this phrase, ‘the goal stands’ in another language that you know? Let us know by dropping a post on our forum or on the comments’ section below this post here at learnenglishthroughfootball.com.
Enjoy all the football this week and we’ll see you soon with another football-language podcast this weekend. And we’ll be looking ahead to a big top of the table clash in England and the Copa Libertadores final. Bye bye.
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- Disallowed goal
- VAR
- 2023 Copa Libertadores Final Review
- 2021 Copa Libertadores Final
- Referee
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- 2019 Copa Libertadores
- 2018 Copa Libertadores
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