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Euro 24 Football Language Phrase (Day 12):
Day 12, and the football language post for Euro 24 today is bore draw which is conneted to the England versus Slovenia match. Don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
Bore Draw
On day 12 at the Euros there were four matches and three ended in draws: France 1-1 Poland; Denmark 0-0 Serbia; and England 0-0 Slovenia.
The last match was a particularly boring match with Slovenia sitting deep and defending in numbers and England lacking creativity. The nil nil result was not a surprise.. England, a much higher ranked team the Slovenia – England are 5th and Slovenia 57th in the FIFA men’s rankings – were criticised by the english press for their performance, which can be described as a bore draw.
A bore draw is a boring draw, a match that had little excitement and ended with no goals.
Here is an example from the London Evening Standard: (Headline) ‘England in line for more criticism after bore draw confirms their passage to the final 16 of the Euros.’
Despite the boring win, England did progress, along with Slovenia, to the knockout stage.
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