Argentina Beats Burkina Faso in Friendly Match
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Argentina played Burkina Faso in a friendly match in Buenos Aires.
A friendly match is a game that is not part of a big competition.
Argentina won the match by a very big score.
People say this was the last match for Lionel Messi with the national team.
Messi is a very famous Argentine football player.
Before the game, there was a problem for the Burkina Faso team.
Some flights to Buenos Aires were cancelled.
This made the trip to Argentina difficult for the players.
Some players had to find new flights at the last minute.
This is called a last-minute change.
Many fans watched the match on television.
The match was shown on a sports channel.
Fans wanted to see Messi play one more time.
The match had a lot of goals.
Argentina played very well in this game.
Vocabulary9 words
- friendly match
- a game that is just for practice, not for a trophy
- competition
- a contest where teams try to win
- Lionel Messi
- a very famous football player from Argentina
- national team
- the team that plays for a whole country
- flights
- trips by airplane
- cancelled
- stopped; not happening
- last-minute
- very close to the time something happens
- television
- a machine to watch shows and sports
- channel
- a station you watch on TV
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1. Burkina Faso 2. Cancelled flights 3. True
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Argentina played Burkina Faso in a _____ match in Buenos Aires.
Argentina won the match by a very big _____.
People say this was the last match for Lionel _____ with the national team.
Before the game, there was a problem for the Burkina Faso _____.
Some flights to Buenos Aires were _____.
This made the trip to Argentina difficult for the _____.
Some players had to find new flights at the last _____.
Many fans watched the match on _____.
The match was shown on a sports _____.
Fans wanted to see Messi play one more _____.
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