Algeria Beats Tunisia to Win Mediterranean Games Football Final
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Algeria played Tunisia in a big football final.
The game was part of the Mediterranean Games.
Algeria won the match 2-0.
The Algerian national team got the gold medal.
Tunisia did not win. Tunisia played well, but Algeria was better.
This was an important win for Algeria.
Many fans watched the game.
The Algerian team scored two goals. Tunisia scored no goals.
The Mediterranean Games happen every four years.
Countries near the Mediterranean Sea join this sports event.
Football is one of the sports in the games.
Algeria's win made many people happy.
The team is now the champion of this football event.
Vocabulary15 words
- Mediterranean Games
- a big sports event for countries near the Mediterranean Sea
- national team
- a sports team that plays for a whole country
- gold medal
- a prize for the winner, first place
- champion
- the winner of a competition
- final
- the last game to find the winner
- match
- a game between two teams
- score
- the number of goals or points in a game
- fans
- people who like and watch a team
- goal
- when a team puts the ball in the net
- won
- did better and got first place
- team
- a group of players who play together
- sports event
- a time when people play games and compete
- country
- a place like Algeria or Tunisia
- important
- having big meaning
- watched
- looked at something happening
Quiz
Answer key
1. Algeria 2. 2-0 3. A gold medal
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Algeria played Tunisia in a big football _____.
The game was part of the _____ Games.
Algeria _____ the match 2-0.
The Algerian national team got the _____ medal.
Tunisia did not win. Tunisia played well, but Algeria was _____.
This was an important win for _____.
The Algerian team scored two _____. Tunisia scored no goals.
The Mediterranean Games happen every four _____.
Football is one of the _____ in the games.
The team is now the _____ of this football event.