The Beautiful Game 2
People who follow a team are known as fans. Here two fans talk about last night's game.
Listen and decide if the sentences below are true or false.
Vocabulary help
All square – A draw e.g. 1-1
To pull s'th back - If a team that is losing pulls a goal back or pulls points back, it scores a goal or wins some points.
Thoroughly – Totally, in detail.
Disallowed – The opposite of allowed.
Handball – Touching the ball with your hand – not allowed in football.
Defender – The name of a position in football.
Wave play on – Signal that the game should continue.
Away game - A game played away from the home stadium.
- True or False
- Answers
- See the script
Decide if the statements below are true or false.
=1.Stuart watched the game live.
!Gray thinks that the ticket was cheap.
=The match ended in a draw.
=Arsenal were leading 2-0 at halftime.
!Stuart’s team scored in the 90th minute.
!Stuart’s team had a goal disallowed for handball.
=Stuart thought the referee was not good.
=Gray doesn’t think Stuart’s team will win the league.
Stuart watched the game live. True.
Gray thinks that the ticket was cheap. False, he thinks it was too expensive
The match ended in a draw. True, the final score was 2-2
Arsenal were leading 2-0 at halftime. - True.
Stuart’s team scored in the 90th minute. - False, it was the 93rd minute
Stuart’s team had a goal disallowed for handball.- False, it was disallowed for offside
Stuart thought the referee was not good. - True.
Gray doesn’t think Stuart’s team will win the league. - True.
Stuart and Gray talk about the beautiful game
.
Did you see the match last night?
What? On the telly?
Yeah.
Better than that mate, I went to the stadium and watched it live.
No!
Yes, I did. Cost me fifty quid for a ticket.
Fifty quid! I can’t believe it is so expensive nowadays, just to watch 22 grown men kick a bit of leather around.
I know, Still it was a good match though.
Yeah? Who won?
It was all square at the end.
Oh, that’s always boring.
No, it was a really entertaining. The Arsenal scored two in the first half but we pulled one back just after the break and then hit the equalizer in the 93rd minute.
93rd minute?
Yeah, injury time. It was a lovely goal.
You were a bit lucky though, scoring with the last kick of the game.
Not at all mate, we thoroughly deserved it, we were all over them in the second half, we hit the bar, hit the post twice and had a goal disallowed for offside.
Was it offside?
I couldn’t see properly from where I was, but it looked ok. The referee was terrible though so it wouldn’t surprise me if it had been onside.
What do you mean the ref was terrible?
Well you know he gave Arsenal every free kick and gave us nothing all game.
Really?
One of their defenders clearly handled the ball in the eighteen yard box. Definitely handball, and the ref just waved play on. I couldn’t believe it.
Oh right. Still a point won at an away game. You have to be happy with that. Right?
Yeah if we carry on playing like that we just might win the league.
In your dreams.
Yeah, you’re probably right.
Another drink?
Yeah a pint please.