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Pep Guardiola will stay with Manchester City for one more year. His contract was supposed to end this season.
Guardiola joined City in 2016. He has won 18 trophies with the team. Six of the trophies were Premier League titles.
He helped City win the Treble: the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League in one season. City is the first team to win four Premier League titles in a row and get 100 points in one season.
Right now, City is in second place in the Premier League. They are five points behind Liverpool. They have lost four games in a row. This has never happened to Guardiola before.
Guardiola extended his contract three times before: in May 2018, November 2020, and November 2022.
Guardiola is now the longest-serving manager in the Premier League after Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool this summer.
Vocabulary
- Stay – to continue; to remain;
- Contract – an agreement between two or more people or organizations; an agreement to perform or complete a job
- Supposed to – expected, planned, arranged, decided
- Season – a time period or time of year when a sport is played; a fixed/set number of games for one year of a sport
- Trophy – A prize given to the winner of a game or competition; 🏆
- Title – the position of being the champion of a major sports competition; the holder of the first prize trophy
- Treble – Winning three major competitions/tournaments in the same season;
- In a row – something happening a number of times, one after the other; consecutively; in succession
- Point – A unit of scoring in a game or sports league; A score in a game or competition;
- Place – position or rank in a competition/tournament; 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, etc.
- Extend – To make something longer or go further;
- Longest-serving manager – the manager who is working for the longest period of time
Discussion Questions
- Do you think Guardiola is one of the greatest football managers of all time? Why or why not?
- In your opinion, is it good for Manchester City that Guardiola stays longer?
- Why do you think Manchester City’s performance has not been good lately?
- Do coaches get worse as they get older?
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Fill-in-the-Blank Listening Practice
Pep Guardiola will _____ with Manchester City for one more year. His contract was supposed to _____ this season.
Guardiola joined City in _____. He has won 18 trophies with the team. _____ of the trophies were Premier League titles.
He _____ City win the Treble: the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League in one _____. City is the first team to win _____ Premier League titles in a row and get 100 _____ in one season.
Right now, City is in second _____in the Premier League. They are five points behind Liverpool. _____have lost four games in a row. This has never _____ to Guardiola before.
Guardiola extended his contract three times _____: in May 2018, November 2020, and November _____.
Guardiola is now the longest-serving _____ in the Premier League after Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool this _____.
