Australia Face Brazil in Friendly Matches
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Australia will play two friendly matches against Brazil.
Jackson Irvine and Nestory Irankunda are two important players for Australia.
They want to show good standards before the games.
Irvine is an experienced player.
Irankunda is a young and exciting player.
Brazil have strong players too.
Endrick and Vinicius Junior will start the first match for Brazil.
Both players are famous forwards.
People think the match will have many goals.
Experts call this a high-scoring match.
Fans want to see a good show from both teams.
The two teams will meet soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- friendly
- a match that is not part of a big competition
- standards
- the level of quality someone shows
- forwards
- players who try to score goals
- high-scoring
- having many goals in one match
- experienced
- having played many matches before
- exciting
- making people feel happy and interested
- starting
- playing from the beginning of the match
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- squad
- the group of players in a team
- match
- a game between two teams
- goals
- points scored in football
- national team
- a team that plays for its country
- confrontation
- a match between two strong teams
- prediction
- a guess about what will happen
- double
- two times; twice
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1. Jackson Irvine and Nestory Irankunda 2. Endrick and Vinicius 3. True
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Australia will play two _____ matches against Brazil.
Jackson Irvine and Nestory Irankunda are two important _____ for Australia.
They want to show good _____ before the games.
Irankunda is a young and _____ player.
Endrick and Vinicius Junior will _____ the first match for Brazil.
Both players are famous _____.
People think the match will have many _____.
Experts call this a _____ match.
Fans want to see a good show from both _____.
The two teams will meet _____.
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