Aubameyang Scores Great Goal on Return to LaLiga with Deportivo
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Aubameyang is a football player. People also call him Auba. He used to play against Valencia in the past. He often scored goals against them. This is why people call him Valencia's nemesis. A nemesis is a person who always causes trouble for another team.
Now Aubameyang plays for a new team. His new team is called Deportivo. This is his first season back in LaLiga. LaLiga is the top football league in Spain.
Aubameyang scored a great goal for Deportivo. People call this kind of goal a cracker. A cracker is a very exciting and skillful goal. It happened at the start of the season.
Another team, Malaga CF, also played a match. A player named Chupete scored a penalty for Malaga. A penalty is a special kick given after a foul. This penalty gave Malaga CF their first point of the season.
Vocabulary15 words
- Aubameyang
- a football player; his short name is Auba
- nemesis
- a person or team that always causes trouble for you
- LaLiga
- the top football league in Spain
- cracker
- a very exciting and skillful goal
- penalty
- a special kick given after a foul
- Deportivo
- a football team in Spain
- Malaga CF
- a football team in Spain
- return
- coming back to a place
- season
- the time when a sport is played
- start
- the beginning
- point
- a score a team gets in a league
- match
- a football game
- team
- a group of players
- goal
- when the ball goes into the net
- board
- a place where scores are shown
Quiz
Answer key
1. He often scored goals against them 2. A very exciting and skillful goal 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Aubameyang is a football _____. People also call him Auba. He used to play against _____ in the past. He often scored goals against them. This is why people call him Valencia's _____.
Now Aubameyang plays for a new team. His new team is called _____. This is his first season back in _____.
Aubameyang scored a great goal for Deportivo. People call this kind of goal a _____. It happened at the start of the _____.
Another team, _____ CF, also played a match. A player named _____ scored a penalty for Malaga. This penalty gave Malaga CF their first _____ of the season.