Algeria's Football Federation to Discuss National Team Coaching Staff
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The Algerian Football Federation will have a meeting on Saturday. The meeting is about the national team. The team needs a coach. The federation is called "FAF". FAF wants to talk about the coaching staff. This is the group of people who train the team.
FAF is talking with a man named Hamdani. He may become the new coach. The old coach is named Petkovic. People want to know if Petkovic will stay or go.
Some people want an Algerian coach. Other people want a foreign coach. There are three Algerian names people talk about. FAF must choose soon. Fans want to know the answer fast.
Vocabulary15 words
- federation
- a big group that controls a sport in a country
- national team
- the team that plays for a whole country
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- coaching staff
- all the people who help train a team
- Algerian coach
- a coach who is from Algeria
- foreign coach
- a coach who is not from that country
- meeting
- when people come together to talk
- executive office
- a small group that makes big decisions
- replace
- to put someone new in a job
- fans
- people who love and support a team
- talks
- conversations about a plan
- choose
- to pick one thing or person
- decide
- to make a final choice
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- train
- to teach players how to play better
Quiz
Answer key
1. The national team's coaching staff 2. Hamdani 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Algerian Football _____ will have a meeting on Saturday.
The meeting is about the _____ team.
The team needs a _____.
FAF wants to talk about the coaching _____.
FAF is talking with a man named _____.
He may become the new _____.
The old coach is named _____.
Some people want an Algerian _____.
Other people want a _____ coach.
FAF must _____ soon.