Thousands of football fans are travelling to France from England, Wales and Ireland to watch Euro 2016, and will need to be sur le ballon (on the ball) with the native language to keep ahead of the game.
Here are some useful footballing terms in French:
Ball - ballon
Goalkeeper - gardien
Defender - defenseur
Midfielder - milieu
Winger - ailier
Striker - attaquant
Captain - capitaine
Substitute - remplacant
Kick-off - coup d'envoi
Half-time - mi-temps
Injury time - temps additionnel
Referee - arbitre
Offside - hors-jeu
Foul - faute
Yellow/red card - carton jaune/rouge
Free kick - coup franc
Penalty - penalty
To score a goal - marquer un but
Equaliser - but egalisateur
Clear the ball - degager
Shoot - tirer
Tackle - tacler
Pitch - terrain
Nutmeg - un petit pont
Penalty shoot out - tirs au but
What a goal! - Quel joli but!
Own goal - but contre son camp
To park the bus - fermer la boutique
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