in the game

[Kontol]

What does "game" mean in this context?

Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa (54 mins)
Watkins wasn't really in the game in the first half but finds a space down the left, breaking into the box, and dragging the ball back for Buendia to shoot. It was a fairly tight angle in the end and is sent past the near post.

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[Rover_KE]

Duh ... match.

 

[emsr2d2]

Come on, Kontol! You're watching the game (or at least reading about it!) so why would you think that "game" has anything other than its usual meaning here?

A better question might have been "What does in the game mean here?" If you'd asked us that, we'd still have given the same answer about the word "game" but one of us might have gone on to tell you that "in the game" is sometimes used metaphorically to mean "still in contention for something" or similar. For example:

I've had four interviews for that job so far. I don't know how many there are in total but at least I'm still in the game!

 

[jutfrank]

Watkins wasn't really in the game in the first half ...

It means he didn't have a significantly instrumental impact on play. That could be because he wasn't very focused or because he didn't get many touches of the ball. In general, he wasn't very involved in the game.

 

[Kontol]

I'm sorry. I usually spend more time reading football match reports than watching games. I'm just watching Manchester United matches as their fan. I learn English through football, so I don't really know if it's a cliche or whatever it is. I'm just intersted at football, otherwise I'm not.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm sorry. I usually spend more time reading football match reports than watching games. I'm just watching Manchester United matches as their fan. I learn English through football, so I don't really know if it's a cliche or whatever it is. I'm just interested at in football; otherwise, I'm not.

If you don't watch football regularly, you're going to struggle to understand a lot of the reports as they contain a lot of jargon. This site might help you out (I already checked and "hoofing" is covered).

I don't know what you mean by "I'm just interested in football; otherwise, I'm not". You're not what? You can't be both interested in football and not interested in football!

I don't think you're going the right way about learning English by using football reports.

 

[SoothingDave]

Or start watching American football, and you can expand your vocabulary to include blitzes, bombs, audibles, and Hail Marys.

 

[Kontol]

Thank you for the fix. Well, my goal is to understand as many football jargon as possible. As a radio announcer, my programme has been discussing about world soccer and I've got to compete with other commentators to be the the best. Hopefully I can one day turn up on the telly as a footy pundit. I meant to say I don't like any other sports other than football.

In English, I'm just interested in learning modal verbs, conditionals and tenses, that's all.

I don't think you're going the right way about learning English by using football reports

That's OK. Being able to understand football jargon is enough already for me as my job.

Best wishes

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you for the fix. Well, my goal is to understand as many much football jargon as possible. As I'm a radio announcer, and on my programme has we have been discussing about world soccer. and I've got to compete with other commentators to be the the best. Hopefully, I can one day I'll turn up on the telly as a footy pundit. I meant to say I don't like any other sports; other than just football.

If you really want to be a football pundit, particularly covering football all over the world, you need to start watching a lot more than just Man Utd games. Reading match reports isn't going to give you anywhere near the knowledge required. You'll need to know almost everything there is to know about all the teams in the Premier League and the lower divisions, along with Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga.

My advice - stop reading about matches, start watching them, and listen really carefully to the commentators.

 

[Giancarlo Hill]

Thank you for the fix. Well, my goal is to understand as many football jargon as possible. As a radio announcer, my programme has been discussing about world soccer and I've got to compete with other commentators to be the the best. Hopefully I can one day turn up on the telly as a footy pundit. I meant to say I don't like any other sports other than football.

In English, I'm just interested in learning modal verbs, conditionals and tenses, that's all.


That's OK. Being able to understand football jargon is enough already for me as my job.

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Best wishes

Note the words "goalkeeper" and "referee" that football commentators love.