Barcelona Face Athletic Bilbao as Rodri Makes His Debut
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FC Barcelona played a football match against Athletic Club.
The player Rodri made his first game for Barcelona. This is called a debut.
Two other players, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez, helped the team a lot again.
The coach of Barcelona is Hansi Flick. He talked about the game before it started.
Flick said that Raphinha played very well. He said Raphinha is perfect.
Flick also talked about another player, Yamal. Yamal played for 90 minutes. That is a full game.
Before the match, both teams gave their line-ups. A line-up is the list of players who start the game.
Fans wanted to see how Rodri would play for his new team.
Vocabulary15 words
- debut
- the first time someone plays for a team
- perfect
- very, very good; with no mistakes
- line-ups
- the lists of players who start a game
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- match
- a game between two teams
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- stadium
- the big place where sports games happen
- minutes
- units of time used to measure how long a game lasts
- full game
- playing from the start to the end of a match
- team
- a group of players who play together
- played
- took part in a sport or game
- helped
- did something good for someone or something
- started
- began
- talked about
- spoke about something
- new team
- a team that a player has just joined
Quiz
Answer key
1. Rodri 2. Athletic Club 3. 90 minutes
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
FC Barcelona played a football match against _____ Club.
The player Rodri made his first game for Barcelona. This is called a _____.
Two other players, Raphinha and _____ Lopez, helped the team a lot again.
The coach of Barcelona is Hansi _____. He talked about the game before it started.
Flick said that Raphinha played very well. He said Raphinha is _____.
Flick also talked about another player, _____. Yamal played for 90 minutes.
Before the match, both teams gave their _____.
Fans wanted to see how Rodri would play for his new _____.