Arrascaeta Reaches 100 Copa Libertadores Games for Flamengo
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Giorgian de Arrascaeta played his 100th game in the Copa Libertadores. He plays for the football team Flamengo. The Copa Libertadores is a big football competition in South America.
Arrascaeta was very important in the game. He helped Flamengo win. People say he was decisive. This means he helped the team get the good result.
Flamengo's coach is Leonardo Jardim. He talked about Arrascaeta after the game. Jardim gave him big praise. Praise means good words about someone.
Jardim said Arrascaeta was "fantastic." This is a very good word for a great player. Jardim also said one thing made him sad. He did not want to say more about this.
Other football writers also talked about Flamengo's game. They said Flamengo played very good football. They called it a recital. This word means a beautiful show.
Vocabulary15 words
- Copa Libertadores
- a big football competition for teams in South America
- competition
- a contest where teams try to win
- decisive
- very important for the result
- praise
- good words about someone
- recital
- a beautiful show or performance
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- midfielder
- a player who plays in the middle of the field
- classification
- moving to the next part of a competition
- craque
- a Portuguese word for a star player
- columnist
- a person who writes opinion articles
- analyze
- to look at something carefully
- result
- what happens at the end of a game
- team
- a group of players
- match
- a game between two teams
- fantastic
- very, very good
Quiz
Answer key
1. 100 2. Leonardo Jardim 3. Fantastic
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Giorgian de Arrascaeta played his _____ game in the Copa Libertadores.
He plays for the football team _____.
Arrascaeta was very _____ in the game.
He helped Flamengo _____.
Flamengo's coach is Leonardo _____.
Jardim gave him big _____.
Jardim said Arrascaeta was _____.
Other football writers called it a _____.
They said Flamengo played very good _____.