Atalanta to Play Athletic Bilbao in Friendly Match
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Atalanta will play Athletic Bilbao on 14 August. This is a friendly match. A friendly is a game that is not part of a big competition. It helps teams get ready for the season.
Atalanta is a football team from Italy. Athletic Bilbao is a football team from Spain. Fans want to know where to watch the game. They also want to know the kick-off time. Kick-off is when the game starts.
News about the match will show the line-ups. A line-up is the list of players who will play. Fans use this to see who will start the game.
Many fans also look for a prediction before the match. A prediction is a guess about who will win. People often talk about this before a game.
Vocabulary15 words
- friendly
- a game that is just for practice, not for points
- kick-off
- the time a football game starts
- line-ups
- the list of players who will play in a game
- prediction
- a guess about what will happen
- match
- a game between two teams
- fans
- people who like and follow a team
- season
- the time of year when a sport is played
- competition
- a contest between teams to win
- team
- a group of players
- watch
- to look at something happening
- game
- another word for match
- players
- people who play in a game
- start
- to begin
- news
- information about new things
- guess
- to say what you think without being sure
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Answer key
1. A friendly 2. 14 August 3. True
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Atalanta will play Athletic Bilbao on _____ August. This is a _____ match. A friendly is a game that is not part of a big _____. It helps teams get ready for the _____.
Atalanta is a football team from _____. Athletic Bilbao is a football team from _____. Fans want to know where to _____ the game. They also want to know the kick-off _____.
News about the match will show the _____. Fans use this to see who will _____ the game.
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