December 9, 2022

World Cup 2022 Additional Interviews

World Cup 2022 ｜ Reaction Analysis

The World Cup 2022 has been an amazing sporting event. Additionally, it has giving us many opportunities to study English.

In this Japan vs Croatia post game wrap up, commentators Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand, and Alan Shearer give their thoughts, reactions, and analysis of the game and Japan’s defeat. In this lesson, we’re going to take a look at what was said, learn some of the key phrases, and how to use them.

2022年のワールドカップは、素晴らしいスポーツイベントとなりました。そして私たちに英語を学ぶ機会をたくさん与えてくれましたね。

この日本対クロアチアの試合後のまとめでは、解説者のGary Lineker氏、Rio Ferdinand氏、Alan Shearer氏が、試合の感想や反応、そして日本の敗戦について分析をしています。このレッスンでは、その内容を紹介し、キーフレーズとその使い方を学びます。

Emiliano Martinez Post-Game Interview

In this Argentina vs Netherlands post-game interview, Argentinean goalie Emiliano Martinez speaks about some of the issues during the game and he doesn’t hold back his criticism of opposing Netherlands team Manager Louis van Gaal.

アルゼンチン対オランダ戦のインタビューで、アルゼンチンのゴールキーパー、エミリアーノ・マルティネスが試合中の問題について語り、対戦相手のオランダ代表監督ルイス・ファン・ハールへの批判も隠さずに語っています。

Dejan Lovren Post-Game Interview

In this Croatia vs Brazil post-game interview, Dejan Lovren speaks about why the Croatian team is special.

ワールドカップのクロアチアvsブラジル戦後、デヤン・ロヴレンがクロアチアが特別な理由について記者に英語で語ります。クロアチアはやっぱり強かった。英語の表現をどこよりも深くゆっくり解説します。生きた英語を一緒に勉強していきましょう！

Hugo Lloris Post-Game Interview

French goalie Hugo Lloris give a post-game interview after losing the World Cup to Argentina. He speaks about stand out players on both teams, including Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

ワールドカップでアルゼンチンに敗れたフランスのゴールキーパー、ウーゴ・ロリスが試合後のインタビューに応じました。リオネル・メッシやキリアン・エンバペなど、両チームの傑出した選手について語っています。

Reaction Analysis Transcript

English Stripped Bare - B. Bearington & Naomi Culture World Cup 2022 — Daizen Maeda At The World Cup 2022

It’s all sorts of nonsense going through your head.

That walk from the halfway to the penalty spot is the longest the longest walk you will ever have in your entire life.

No, it’s not. It’s the second longest. It’s the one back if you miss it.

If you miss it (laughing).

It’s a lot shorter if you score it on the way back because that’s it. The relief is huge.

I mean you’re under… they’re under… they’ve been under huge pressure. I know that the Japanese and… they’ve done really well. They’ve entertained. I mean, they’ve beaten Spain and they’ve beaten Germany.

It’s an incredible achievement to see that has happened. It’s just such a disappointment to go out like that in that situation.

You know having led in the game as well and they played really well in the first half, didn’t they?

And it was different to what we’ve seen coming into this game. They’d gone behind and they’d reacted and done well but they went ahead and didn’t really motor on*. They didn’t grab the game by the scruff of the neck**. It’s a great balling. They covered all the bases in the penalty box. The Croats I’m sure will look back and think we could do better in terms of coming out to the ball and um…

Maeda was really sharp.

He was really good. Really sharp. And they were deserving of the lead going into this.

上記は英語インタビューのそのままの書き起こしとなっております。

World Cup 2022 ｜ Emiliano Martinez Post-Game Interview

Emiliano Martinez, you are the hero of all Argentina. Can you sum up your feelings after that tonight?

Oh, it’s a tricky game and I thought we control the game really well. We went to a new lab. Basically, we control the game. The ref which was giving everything for them.

Uh, all of a sudden they get a good header, good flick which I couldn’t see.

Uh, and then it just turned upside down. The ref was giving everything for them.

He gave 10 minutes for no reason. Ten minutes… it was getting free kick outside the box for them like two, three times. He just wanted them to score. That… that’s… that’s basically it, so hopefully we don’t have that ref anymore. He’s useless.

Okay. But when you got to the penalty shootout, what’s the thinking going into the spot kick?

Um, I heard van Gaal (Louis van Gaal- Netherlands Manager) saying “we got an advantage in penalties. Um, if we go to penalties we win.” I thinking he need(s) to keep his mouth shut.

Okay. Going forward now, Croatia and semi-final; how do you feel about that?

It’s a tough game. Every single game is tough. So, um, we enjoyed today and then we’ll see tomorrow.

Many congratulations.

上記は英語インタビューのそのままの書き起こしとなっております。

World Cup 2022 ｜ Dejan Lovren Post-Game Interview

English Stripped Bare - B. Bearington & Naomi Culture World Cup Interview Doan Ritsu — Dejan Lovren Diving For the Ball At the World Cup 2022

Dejan, you say to us, never ever write Croatia off at any point, but either by your incredible standards was that something special?

Definitely something special. Against the favorite, let’s say from for the World Cup, to win it against Brazil, fantastic team. We said in the… in the… in the last half of the last 15 minutes, don’t stop to believe. Everyone said that and we knew it. We will come back no matter how hard it was in some moments. We are really special.

What is it? Is it heart? Is it guts? Is it belief? Is it character? Is it all of them?

…suspicious how it will end but you know when the penalties came again I was really calm and with my honest you can you can… you know Livakovic (Dominik Livakovic; Croatian goalie) is one of the best goalkeepers for the penalties. He’s… and maybe of this tournament also.

Lastly, you see yourself in the final again now?

Let’s go like I said, step by step. We’ll see tonight who we will get. We have now the… the… the confidence really again high, but we need to be with the… the feet down on the Earth. We know everything is possible. Just to keep moving on. And thank god nobody got the yellow card today, which was important really.

Fantastic stuff. Thank you.

Okay, okay.

上記は英語インタビューのそのままの書き起こしとなっております。

World Cup 2022 ｜ Hugo Lloris Post-Game Interview

Hugo, quite an astonishing World Cup final; how do you sum up your team’s performance?

Um, I think we were a bit too passive in the first half and we made a lot of damage. Um, we run after the score. We come back into the game twice. We found the spirit, we found the energy to come back, and um… but it was not enough tonight. And even we had two big chances, I think around 119 or 120 minutes, um, that is football, you know. And then penalty. You know, it’s always painful but it’s football.

We’ve seen two legends today, Lionel Messi, on the winning side, Kylian Mbappe, a hat-trick scorer at a World Cup Final on the losing side… these astonishing players today, weren’t they?

Yeah, um… there was a lot of great players on both side(s) but it’s true that Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are very special and uh and I think they were… they were top tonight. They were top for their team and um… but uh… you know when you are on the wrong side, it’s always difficult to find the words. It’s always painful. Uh, I think we gave our best from the start until the end of this tournament. We gave our best. Um, we never give (gave) up, even in this final after two-nil down. We didn’t give up and we can be proud of that.