FOOTBALL EXPRESSIONS
足球表达方式
Back of the net! to score a goal
进球啦！用于表示进球
You should’ve seen it, it was such a great goal. Back of the net!
你应该看到了，那个进球太棒了。进球啦！
Man on! this is usually shouted out during a match to warn someone that a player of the other team is right behind them. Often a call to pass the ball.
注意后方！在比赛中通常大喊这句话，提醒某人后面有对方球员。通常是传球的指示。
Quick! Man on! Pass the ball to Jones!
快！注意后方！将球传给琼斯！
We were robbed: a phrase used to express that a defeat was unjust, possibly due to an injustice committed by somebody else.
我们被抢劫了：用来表达败北是不公平的，可能是因为其他人犯下的不公正行为。
The referee didn’t see that foul. If he’d given that player a yellow card he wouldn’t have scored that goal. We were robbed!
裁判没有看到那次犯规。如果他给那名球员出示黄牌，他就不会进那个球。我们被抢劫了！
He’s (she’s) got a sweet left foot: referring to a player who is very skillful at kicking the ball with his / her left foot (most players use the right foot)
他的左脚太厉害了：指一个非常擅长用左脚踢球的球员（大多数球员使用右脚）
She’s one of the best players on the team, and she’s got a sweet left foot.
她是球队中最优秀的球员之一，她的左脚太厉害了。他的左脚太厉害了！
He (she) pulled off a great save, what a save! referring to a very quick, acrobatic stop of a shot by the goalkeeper. 他扑出了一个很棒的扑救，多么出色！指门将非常迅速、有力地挡住了射门。 What a save by the goalie. That was fantastic! 门将扑出了一个很棒的扑救。太棒了！ Hit the woodwork: when a player intends to shoot into the goal but hits the crossbar or the post of the goal instead, and was very unlucky not to have scored. 打中横梁：当球员打算射门进球，但却击中了横梁或球门柱，很不幸没有进球。 He almost had it, but unfortunately it hit the woodwork. 他几乎进球了，但不幸的是打中了横梁。 They got stuck in: referring to a team whose players showed a lot of determination to succeed. 他们全力以赴：指球队的球员表现出了极大的决心来取得成功。 They got stuck in right from kick-off and truly deserved to win. 他们从开场就全力以赴，真正值得赢得比赛。 Ran the defence ragged: referring to an attacking player who made the defenders from the opposing team look uncomfortable or incompetent. 把防守拉垮了：指进攻球员让对方球队的防守球员感到不舒服或无能为力。 He deserves to be Man of the Match. He scored a hat-trick and ran the defence ragged! 他应该是比赛的最佳球员。他进了帽子戏法，让防守球员感到束手无策！
Jones is definitely a great player, he’s got a lot of pace. 琼斯绝对是个出色的球员，他跑得很快。 The goalkeeper made a howler: used when the goalkeeper makes a very basic mistake (and probably lets the other team score a goal). 门将犯了个大错：用于当门将犯了一个非常基本的错误（可能让对方进球）。 They were in the lead, but then the goalkeeper made a howler and the other team scored. 他们一度领先，但后来门将犯了个大错，对方进了球。 It’s a game of two halves: an expression referring to the fact that a football match can change unexpectedly throughout the 90 minutes. Especially between the first half and second half of the match. 这是一场两半的比赛：这个表达指的是足球比赛在90分钟内可能会意外变化，尤其是上半场和下半场之间。 Well, they may be losing now, but it’s a game of two halves! 嗯，他们现在可能输了，但这是一场两半的比赛！
