Algeria's National Team Adds New Faces to Squad List
Listen to the story
The coach of Algeria's national football team has picked a new squad. The squad is a list of players for the team. There are some new players on the list.
Local league players do not have many places on the list. A local league player plays for a team inside Algeria. This time, only a few local players are in the squad.
Some players are already famous with the national team. The coach has also made a decision about the future of some other players.
Fans want to know who will play for Algeria next. The new list shows some big changes for the team.
Vocabulary15 words
- squad
- a list of players chosen for a team
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- local league
- football competition inside one country
- national team
- a team that plays for a whole country
- future
- what will happen next
- famous
- known by many people
- list
- names written together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- decision
- a choice someone makes
- change
- when something becomes different
- team
- a group of players
- new
- not old; just made or chosen
- already
- before now
- next
- coming after this
- inside
- in a place
Quiz
Answer key
1. Picked a new squad 2. Only a few 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The coach of Algeria's national football team has picked a new _____. The squad is a list of _____ for the team. There are some new players on the list.
Local league players do not have many _____ on the list. A local league player plays for a team inside Algeria. This time, only a few local players are in the _____.
Some players are already _____ with the national team. The coach has also made a _____ about the future of some other players.
Fans want to know who will play for Algeria next. The new list shows some big _____ for the team.