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2026 World Cup Language Podcast – Day 7: Re-taken penalty
Day seven of the 2026 World Cup saw some of the World Cup favourites in action and in this podcast we look at the phrase ‘re-taken penalty‘ from the England vs Croatia game. 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 everyone. This is Damian from the Learn English through Football team and I hope you are all well and still enjoying the World Cup. This is Day 7 of our World Cup Language Podcasts – yesterday Damon explained the phrase, ‘stunner’ when he was talking about a really, really wonderful goal.
Now, apologies for the slight delay in today’s podcast but I was travelling from London to Mexico City where there is real World Cup fever! There were thousands of Colombian fans in town last night to see their side beat Uzbekistan 3-1 but today is going to be a big one as Mexico play their second match of the tournament against South Korea. And I have just come from the Fan Fest where they show all the games during the tournament on a big screen and already there are queues for fans to get a space for the Mexican match tonight – that’s another nine hours time!
Stinger: You are listening to the Learn English Through Football Podcast.com (in Czech)
DF: Yes, that message was in Czech and they have just drawn 1-1 with South Africa in Atlanta. I just saw the game in the Fan Fest. Iam not sure that a point is enough for either side though they do know that a win in their final match could still them through to the knock-out stages.
Now, while I was flying to Mexico yesterday, England were playing Croatia in their Group L game and we are going to look at some language today connected to penalties from that match.
Retaken penalty
DF: So we probably all know the verb phrase ‘to take a penalty’ which is when the player shoots from the penalty spot. But how about the phrase, ‘re-taken penalty’? So, if the keeper moves off their line before the shot is kicked then the penalty will have to be re-taken (or taken again) if the first shot has been missed. So, the keepers can move on their line but they are not allowed to move off or forward from their line. And this is what happened in the England versus Croatia match yesterday when Harry Kane, the England penalty taker, had his shot saved by the Croatian keeper Livakovic. But the Croatian keeper had moved off his line before Kane hit the ball so this meant the kick had to be taken again; it had to be re-taken. Here’s how the BBC described this:
Harry Kane gives England (the) lead with retaken penalty
They also described it like this:
Harry Kane put England ahead on 12 minutes with a twice taken spot-kick after Luka Modric fouled Noni Madueke, (BBC.co.uk, June 16 2026)
So, they described it as a twice-taken penalty or twice-taken spot kick; a re-taken spot kick.
Encroach
Now, I mentioned that the keep had to be re-taken because the keeper came of their line before the shot had been taken. And this is called encroachment which means to get nearer to something. So, the keeper encroached before the kick was taken. Here’s the BBC again:
Croatia keeper Dominik Livakovic saving his first attempt but penalised for encroaching off his goalline.
So, if a keeper encroaches when there’s a penalty kick and if the penalty kick is missed then that penalty kick has to be re-taken.
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