Argentina Players Banned After World Cup Final Brawl
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FIFA is the group that runs world football.
Argentina lost the World Cup final to Spain.
After the game, players had a brawl.
A brawl is a fight between many people.
FIFA gave bans to Argentina players and staff.
A ban stops a player from playing games.
Leandro Paredes got a 10-game ban.
Paredes plays football for Argentina.
Other players and staff got bans too.
All the bans add up to 21 games.
FIFA also gave fines to Argentina.
A fine is money you must pay for doing something wrong.
The fight happened after Argentina lost the final.
FIFA said this was punishment for the brawl.
Punishment means something bad you get for doing wrong.
Vocabulary15 words
- FIFA
- the group that runs world football
- brawl
- a fight between many people
- ban
- a rule that stops someone from doing something
- Paredes
- a football player from Argentina
- fine
- money you pay as punishment
- punishment
- something bad you get for doing wrong
- final
- the last game that decides the winner
- World Cup
- a big football competition between countries
- staff
- people who work for a team but do not play
- combined
- put together as one total
- loss
- when a team does not win
- announce
- to tell people something officially
- stemming from
- coming from; caused by
- fight
- when people hit or push each other
- games
- matches played in a sport
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1. A brawl 2. 10 3. Spain
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FIFA is the group that runs world _____.
Argentina lost the World Cup _____ to Spain.
After the game, players had a _____.
FIFA gave _____ to Argentina players and staff.
Leandro Paredes got a _____-game ban.
Other players and staff got _____ too.
All the bans add up to _____ games.
FIFA also gave _____ to Argentina.
The fight happened after Argentina lost the _____.
FIFA said this was punishment for the _____.
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