AC Milan Defender Athekame Joins Lyon on Loan
Listen to the story
Zachary Athekame is a football player. He plays as a defender. His old team was AC Milan.
Now he plays for a new team. The team is Olympique Lyonnais. People call it OL. OL is a team from France.
Athekame joins OL on a loan. A loan means he plays for OL, but Milan is still his real team.
The loan is for one year. There is no option to buy. This means OL cannot buy him after the loan.
Athekame plays as a right-back. A right-back plays on the right side of the field. He helps stop the other team from scoring.
This news comes from the transfer window. In this time, teams can buy, sell, and loan players.
Vocabulary8 words
- defender
- a player who stops the other team from scoring
- loan
- when a player moves to a team for a short time
- option to buy
- a choice to pay money and keep a player forever
- right-back
- a defender who plays on the right side
- transfer window
- a time when teams can buy or move players
- mercato
- another word for the transfer window, used in football news
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- club
- another word for a sports team
Quiz
Answer key
1. Right-back 2. One year 3. No
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Zachary Athekame is a football _____. He plays as a defender. His old team was _____ Milan.
Now he plays for a new team. The team is Olympique Lyonnais. People call it _____.
Athekame joins OL on a _____. A loan means he plays for OL, but Milan is still his real team.
The loan is for one _____. There is no option to buy.
Athekame plays as a _____. He helps stop the other team from scoring.
This news comes from the transfer _____.