Atalanta to Play Athletic Club in Friendly Match in Bergamo
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Atalanta will play a friendly match against Athletic Club. The game is in Bergamo, Italy. It is part of the Bortolotti Trophy. This is the last match of the trophy.
The coach is Terzic. He picked a squad of 23 players. A squad is a group of players for a team. These players will be ready to play in the match.
Fans can watch the match on TV. People can also watch it with live streaming. Live streaming means watching a video on the internet as it happens.
The match will show the lineups of both teams. A lineup is the list of players who start the game. Fans want to know who will play first.
Vocabulary15 words
- friendly
- a game that is not for points; just for practice
- squad
- a group of players chosen for a team
- live streaming
- watching video on the internet while it happens
- lineups
- the list of players who start a game
- trophy
- a prize for winning a competition
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- match
- a game between two teams
- finale
- the last part of something
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- pre-season
- before the main season starts
- fans
- people who like and support a team
- team
- a group of players who play together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- watch
- to look at something happening
- game
- a sport activity between two teams
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1. Athletic Club 2. 23 3. Bergamo
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Atalanta will play a _____ match against Athletic Club.
The game is in _____, Italy.
It is part of the _____ Trophy.
The coach is _____.
He picked a squad of _____ players.
Fans can watch the match on _____.
People can also watch it with live _____.
The match will show the _____ of both teams.
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