Barcelona Beat Athletic Bilbao in Liga Match
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Barcelona played a football match against Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona won the game. This was the first match for a player named Rodri. The coach of Barcelona is Hansi Flick. Flick talked to the news after the game.
Flick said that Raphinha played very well. Raphinha is a player on the Barcelona team. Flick said Raphinha is perfect. This means Raphinha played with no mistakes.
Another Barcelona player is Lamine Yamal. Yamal played all 90 minutes of the game. In football, a game is 90 minutes long. Flick explained why Yamal played the whole game.
Barcelona and Bilbao play in a competition called Liga. This is the top football league in Spain. Many people watched this match on television.
Vocabulary15 words
- Barcelona
- a big football team from Spain
- perfect
- with no mistakes; very very good
- Liga
- the top football competition in Spain
- television
- a machine for watching shows and news
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- match
- a game between two teams
- player
- a person who plays in a game
- won
- to be the best in a game
- appearance
- when a player plays in a game for the first time
- minutes
- a way to count time
- competition
- a group of teams that play against each other
- explained
- told why something happened
- news
- information about things that happen
- team
- a group of players
- game
- an activity people play, like football
Quiz
Answer key
1. Barcelona 2. Hansi Flick 3. 90 minutes
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
_____ played a football match against Athletic Bilbao.
Barcelona _____ the game.
This was the first match for a player named _____.
The coach of Barcelona is Hansi _____.
Flick said that _____ played very well.
Flick said Raphinha is _____.
Another Barcelona player is Lamine _____.
Yamal played all _____ minutes of the game.
Barcelona and Bilbao play in a competition called _____.