Score a double: Weekly Football Phrase

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In this week’s football phrase we look at the expression score a double after Kylian Mbappé scored twice in the clasico last weekend. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions about the phrase or our podcast then you can contact us here.

Hello

DF: Hello again everyone. My name is Damian and I am based in London and this is the weekly football phrase from the Learn English through football team when we explain a phrase or a football term from the previous weekend’s games. And this week I am going to look at the phrase, ‘score a double‘ after Real Madrid’s win in el clásico last weekend.

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Score a double

DF: Right, so Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 away in el clásico last weekend to cut the gap at the top of the table to just three points. The Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé scored twice; he scored two goals to win the game. Sometimes when a player scores two goals in a game we can say that they have scored a or they have bagged a brace. And we have done a few posts on this term including one from the 2026 World Cup when Bologun scored twice for the US team against Paraguay. There is another phrase to describe when a player scores two goals and this is, ‘to score a double‘. So Kylian Mbappé scored a double against Barcelona last weekend.

Now, in some newspaper reports and headlines we might see the phrase Kylian Mbappé’s double – which refers to the fact that the French striker scored twice. Here are some examples from a couple of media outlets:

Examples:

Mbappe’s double in Real’s 2-1 win ended Barcelona’s nine-game unbeaten domestic run with a crucial Clasico victory at the Camp Nou (BBC.co.uk)

Mbappé double secures Real Madrid late victory at Barcelona after Raphinha leveller (Guardian.co.uk)

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Language Review

DF: OK, so, on today’s short podcast we have looked at the phrase, ‘to score a double‘. Try and listen out for this phrase when watching football over the weekend – hopefully someone from my team scores a double.

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Goodbye

DF: Yes, you are listening to the Learn English through football Podcast and that message was in French from a football fan in Canada. And that’s it for this week’s football expression. Remember that the phrase today was ‘score a double‘. And we’ll be back with more football language at the weekend with another football-language podcast. And this week we’ll be looking back at some of the language from the Ballon d’Or awards and of course looking ahead to some of the big games over the weekend. Enjoy all the football this week. And we’ll see you soon. Bye bye.

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