Conceptual Metaphor in UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017 News from FourFourTwo

The purpose of this research is to analyze the conceptual metaphor in UEFA CHAMPION LEAGUE news from FourourTwo. In this case, the aim of this research are : 1. To convey the concepts and the meaning of metaphorical expression, 2. To convey the function of the metaphorical expression used by news writer. The method of this research is using qualitative descriptive analysis. To collect the data the writer uesd reading technique by Ratna. The collected metaphorical expression have picked up only in semifinal and final UEFA Champions League news. The concept of metaphorical expressions are analyzed by using George Lakoff and Mark Johnson theory which the concept elaborated into mapping to see the relation between source domain and the target domain that leads to understand the meaning and also to convey the function of metaphorical expression by Leech. The result of this research shows that there are fourteen data collected from selected nwes. Those collected data showed four concepts which found based on the metaphorical expression mapping. The mapping process had proven that the meaning of metaphor can be easier to understand, so the message of the news delivered succesfully to the reader. The function of metaphorical expression consist of five function, but only three of five function found in those factual sport news text.