Barça Women Face Key Match Before Champions League Game
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Pere Romeu is the coach of Barça Femenino. He has a difficult dilemma this week.
Barça will play Madrid CFF. Madrid CFF is third in the league table. This game is important.
After this game, Barça will play Arsenal. This is a big Champions League match. So Romeu must think about both games.
Romeu needs to choose his best squad. He wants to win against Madrid CFF. But he also wants his players ready for Arsenal.
Two new players have joined Barça Femenino. People call them signings. Romeu waited for them for a long time.
Fans hope these new signings will help the team. They want Barça to do well in the league and in Europe.
This week will show how Romeu plans his team. His choices will matter for both matches.
Vocabulary6 words
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- dilemma
- a hard choice between two things
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- Champions League
- a big competition between top European teams
- squad
- all the players in a team
- signings
- new players who join a team
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Answer key
1. Pere Romeu 2. Madrid CFF 3. True
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Pere Romeu is the _____ of Barça Femenino.
He has a difficult _____ this week.
Barça will play _____. Madrid CFF is third in the league table.
After this game, Barça will play _____ in the Champions League.
Romeu needs to choose his best _____.
Two new players have joined Barça Femenino, called _____.
Fans hope these new _____ will help the team.
This week will show how Romeu plans his _____.
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