Arteta Warns Young Player Dowman After Red Card
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Mikel Arteta is the manager of Arsenal football club.
A young player called Dowman got a red card in a game.
A red card means a player must leave the game early.
Arteta told Dowman that the top flight is not like Disneyland.
The top flight is the biggest football league in England.
Arteta means football is hard work, not fun and easy.
Young players must learn this lesson quickly.
In other news, a manager called Maresca spoke about his goalkeeper.
The goalkeeper's name is Donnarumma.
Maresca said Donnarumma is droppable.
This means Donnarumma might not always play in the team.
Another player, Dejan Kulusevski, played again for his team Tottenham.
He had not played for some time before this game.
This weekend has many important football games.
Fans are excited to watch the matches.
Vocabulary15 words
- red card
- a card a referee shows; it means a player must leave the game
- top flight
- the highest, most important league in a sport
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- droppable
- able to be taken out of the team for a game
- goalkeeper
- the player who stops the ball from going into the goal
- competitive action
- real games that matter, not practice
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- returned
- came back
- warns
- tells someone about danger or a problem
- young player
- a player who is new and not very old
- team
- a group of players who play together
- news
- information about recent events
- match
- a game between two teams
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
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1. Dowman 2. Disneyland 3. True
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Mikel Arteta is the manager of _____ football club.
A young player called Dowman got a _____ in a game.
A red card means a player must _____ the game early.
Arteta told Dowman that the _____ is not like Disneyland.
Arteta means football is hard work, not fun and _____.
In other news, a manager called _____ spoke about his goalkeeper.
Maresca said Donnarumma is _____.
This means Donnarumma might not always _____ in the team.
Another player, Dejan Kulusevski, played again for his team _____.
This weekend has many important football _____.
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