Barcelona Score Five Goals to Return to Top of La Liga
Listen to the story
FC Barcelona played Rayo Vallecano in a La Liga football match. Barcelona scored five goals in the game. People are calling it a goal storm because there were so many goals.
A player named Hamza Abdelkarim took part in the match for Barcelona. He is a new name for many football fans.
Because of this big win, Barcelona went back to the top of the La Liga table. This means they are now the best team in the league.
La Liga is the top football league in Spain. Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano are both teams in this league.
A video of all the goals from the match is now online. Fans can watch every goal Barcelona scored.
Vocabulary15 words
- La Liga
- the top football league in Spain
- goal storm
- when a team scores many goals in one match
- table
- a list that shows which team is winning the league
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- match
- a game between two teams
- team
- a group of players who play together
- score
- to get a point or goal in a game
- top
- the best or first place
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- win
- to be the best in a game
- fan
- a person who loves a sport or team
- video
- moving pictures you can watch
- football
- a sport played with a ball and feet
- new
- not seen or known before
- name
- what a person is called
Quiz
Answer key
1. Five 2. Rayo Vallecano 3. They went to the top
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
FC Barcelona played Rayo Vallecano in a _____ football match. Barcelona scored _____ goals in the game. People are calling it a goal _____ because there were so many goals.
A player named Hamza Abdelkarim took _____ in the match for Barcelona.
Because of this big _____, Barcelona went back to the _____ of the La Liga table.
La Liga is the top football _____ in Spain.
A _____ of all the goals from the match is now online.