AC Milan Coach Amorim May Use Bartesaghi as a Central Defender
AC Milan is a big football team in Italy. The coach of the team is Amorim. Amorim may use a player called Bartesaghi in a new way. Bartesaghi could play as a central defender. This is a new position for him. Amorim thinks this can help the team.
Milan is also looking for new players. This is called the transfer market. Another team, Sporting Lisbona, has a player called Gonçalo Inacio. Sporting Lisbona is keeping him on the bench right now. This means he is not playing. A man named Mendes is working on this situation.
Milan's shopping for new players is not finished. The team wants more players. Amorim is waiting for the last new signings. Milan wants to make the team stronger before the season starts.
Vocabulary5 words
- central defender
- a player who stops the other team from scoring, in the middle of the defense
- transfer market
- the time when football teams buy and sell players
- bench
- where players sit when they are not playing in the game
- signings
- new players that a team buys
- coach
- the person who leads and trains a sports team
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1. Central defender 2. Sporting Lisbona 3. No
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AC Milan is a big football team in Italy. The coach of the team is _____. Amorim may use a player called _____ in a new way. Bartesaghi could play as a _____.
Milan is also looking for new _____. This is called the transfer market. Another team, Sporting Lisbona, has a player called _____. Sporting Lisbona is keeping him on the _____ right now.
Milan's shopping for new players is not _____. The team wants more players. Amorim is waiting for the last new _____.
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