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Things to shout out in French and in English at football matches...

By Rebecca Connell
15/06/2010

French Football terms

Whether you’re playing a “friendly” game of footie with some French friends, or watching the match surrounded by them, here are a few football terms that may come in handy:

Let’s start with the basics:

In French	In English
le football, le foot	football
la Coupe du monde	The World Cup
le match	game, match
la mi-temps	half time
les arrêts de jeu	stoppage time
les prolongations	overtime

People and Players

une équipe	team
les Bleus	"the Blues" - French team
un footballeur	football player
un joueur	player
un gardien de but, goal	goalie
un défenseur	defender
un libero	sweeper
un ailier	winger
un avant, attaquant	forward
un buteur	striker
un remplaçant	substitute
un entraineur	coach
un arbitre	referee

Plays and Penalties

une remise en jeu, une touche	throw in
une passe	pass
un caviar	perfect pass
un corner	corner kick
un coup franc	free kick
six mètres	goal kick
une tête	header
un but	goal
un but contre son camp	own goal
une faute de main	hand ball
hors-jeu	offside
une simulation	dive (fake fall)
un pénalty	penalty kick
le point de pénalty	penalty spot
le carton jaune	yellow card
le carton rouge	red card

English fan

And here are the slightly less technical sentences you’ll be shouting :

Ça, c'est ce que j'appelle un but !	That was a great goal!
C'est un coup de chance !	That goal was pure luck!
Alors là, il y avait but !	That should have been a goal.
L'arbitre est un charlot.	The referee is an idiot.
L'arbitre assure à mort.	The referee is spot on.
C'est de la triche !	You cheated!
Il y a hors-jeu !	He was offside!
Hors-jeu ? N'importe quoi !	There was no way was that offside!
Là, il y avait carton rouge !	That should have be a red card.
Carton rouge ? N'importe quoi !	There was no way was that a red card.
Là, il y avait carton jaune !	That should be a yellow card.
Carton jaune ? N'importe quoi !	There was no way was that a yellow card.
Il y a faute !.	That was a blatant foul
Comment ça faute ?	No way was that a foul!
Il y a main !	That was a handball.
Il faut le sortir !	Send him off!
Ils n'auraient jamais dû le sortir.	They should not have sent him off.
Faites rentrer le remplaçant !	Substitute him now!
Mais pourquoi ils le remplacent ?	Why are they substituting him?
C'est la mi-temps.	It is half time.
C'est parti pour les prolongations.	We are going into extra time.
Il y a penalty !	That was a penatly!
Penalty ? N'importe quoi !	There is no way that is a penalty!
Pourvu qu'on n'aille pas au but en or.	I hope it doesn't go to sudden death.
Pourvu qu'on aille au but en or.	I hope it goes to sudden death
On aurait dû gagner !	We should have won!
C'était un match pourri !	That was a lousy match!
Beau match !	That was well played!
Ils ont joué à la passe à dix pendant tout le match.	That game was like watching paint dry
Bande d'amateurs !	Jumpers for goal posts.
Coup franc ? N'importe quoi !	There was no way that was a free kick!
Il y a coup franc !	That should have been a free kick!
On a gagné !	We won!
On a perdu !	We lost!
Match nul !	We drew!
Il est tombé tout seul !	He dived!
Coupe du monde.	World cup.
Coup d'envoi.	Kick off.
Mais que fabrique le gardien ?	What is the goalkeeper thinking?!
Superbe sauvetage du gardien !	Great save by the goalkeeper!
La défense est lamentable !	The defense is appalling!
Incroyable défense !	Great defense!
Mais à quoi ils jouent ?	What are they playing at?
Quel vilain tacle !	Dirty tackle!
Superbe tacle !	Great tackle!
Allez, on se bouge !	Get in there!
L'arbitre est un vendu !	The referee is bias
Nous allons gagner la Coupe du monde !	We’re going to win the WorldCup!
Il tire... et c'est le but !	He shoots, he scores!
Buuuuut!	Goal
Houu !	Boo!
Il faut le sortir !	Send him off!

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