Barcelona Beat Alavés to Go Top of La Liga
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FC Barcelona won a big football game against Deportivo Alavés.
The match had six goals in total.
Raphinha scored two goals for Barcelona.
Lamine Yamal also scored two goals.
Because of this win, Barcelona is now first in La Liga.
La Liga is the top football league in Spain.
Hansi Flick is the coach of Barcelona.
A coach is the person who leads the team.
But there is bad news for Flick too.
The news report does not say what the bad news is.
Many people are talking about the team's good performance.
A performance is how well someone plays.
Raphinha and Yamal played very well in the game.
People say they were the best players.
Barcelona fans are happy about the win.
The team now leads the league table.
Vocabulary15 words
- match
- a game between two teams
- La Liga
- the top football league in Spain
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- performance
- how well someone does something
- goal
- a point scored in football
- win
- to be first or best in a game
- team
- a group of people who play sport together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- news
- information about recent events
- table
- a list showing which team is first, second, etc.
- score
- to get a point in a game
- fans
- people who support a team
- lead
- to be in first place
- report
- a piece of news information
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Answer key
1. Six 2. Raphinha and Lamine Yamal 3. First place
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FC Barcelona won a big football game against Deportivo _____.
The match had _____ goals in total.
Raphinha scored two _____ for Barcelona.
Lamine Yamal also scored two _____.
Because of this win, Barcelona is now _____ in La Liga.
La Liga is the top football _____ in Spain.
Hansi Flick is the _____ of Barcelona.
But there is bad _____ for Flick too.
Many people are talking about the team's good _____.
Raphinha and Yamal played very _____ in the game.
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