Athletic Club Play Pre-Season Test Against Atalanta
Listen to the story
Athletic Club is a football team from Spain. Their coach is Terzic. The team is playing important games before the new season.
Today, Athletic Club plays a friendly match. A friendly is a game that is not part of a big competition. It helps teams get ready for the season.
The match is against Atalanta. Atalanta is a football team from Italy. Athletic Club is travelling to Italy to play this game.
People call this game a big test for Terzic. A test means it will show how good the team is now.
One player in the team is a world champion. This means he won a World Cup with his country. He is the only player like this on the team.
Fans can watch the game on TV. The game happens today.
This match is part of pre-season. Pre-season is the time before the real games start. Teams use this time to prepare.
Vocabulary15 words
- friendly
- a game that does not count for a real competition
- test
- something that shows how good someone is
- world champion
- a person who won the biggest competition in the world
- pre-season
- the time before the football season starts
- coach
- the person who trains a sports team
- opponent
- the team you play against
- match
- a game between two teams
- travel
- to go from one place to another
- fans
- people who like and support a team
- competition
- an event where teams try to win
- prepare
- to get ready for something
- season
- the time when a sport is played regularly
- player
- a person who plays in a sports team
- team
- a group of people who play sport together
- important
- something that matters a lot
Quiz
Answer key
1. Terzic 2. Atalanta 3. A friendly pre-season match
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Athletic Club is a football team from _____. Their coach is _____.
Today, Athletic Club plays a _____ match. It helps teams get ready for the season.
The match is against _____. Atalanta is a football team from _____.
People call this game a big _____ for Terzic.
One player in the team is a _____ champion.
This match is part of _____.