Basel to Play Barcelona in Friendly Match, Streamed Live in Spain
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Basel will play a friendly match against Barcelona. A friendly is a game that is not part of a big competition.
People in Spain can watch the match live. They can watch it on Barça Play. They can also watch it on the YouTube channel.
This match is only for people in Spain. People in other countries cannot watch it this way.
The game is part of the Club Friendlies. Many football clubs play friendly games before the season starts.
Fans want to see the lineups for both teams. A lineup shows which players will play in the game.
People also like to look at the head-to-head stats. This shows how the two teams played before.
Vocabulary15 words
- friendly
- a game that is just for practice; not a big important match
- competition
- a group of games where teams try to win
- YouTube channel
- a page on YouTube where you can watch videos
- match
- a game between two teams
- lineups
- the list of players who will play in a game
- head-to-head
- how two teams did when they played each other before
- live
- happening now; you can watch it as it happens
- stream
- to watch something on the internet as it happens
- club
- a team that plays sports
- preview
- information about a game before it happens
- prediction
- a guess about what will happen
- stats
- numbers that show information about something
- season
- the part of the year when a sport is played
- fans
- people who like a team or sport very much
- channel
- a place where you can watch shows or videos
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1. Barcelona 2. Barça Play and YouTube 3. True
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Basel will play a _____ match against Barcelona. A friendly is a game that is not part of a big _____.
People in _____ can watch the match live. They can watch it on Barça Play. They can also watch it on the _____.
This match is only for people in Spain. People in other _____ cannot watch it this way.
The game is part of the Club Friendlies. Many football _____ play friendly games before the season starts.
Fans want to see the _____ for both teams. A lineup shows which _____ will play in the game.
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