Benfica Names Starting Line-Up for Casa Pia Match
Listen to the story
Benfica is a football team from Portugal. Benfica will play a match against Casa Pia AC.
Before the game, Benfica showed its starting line-up. This is the list of players who start the match.
The match is part of the football league in Portugal. Fans want to know which players will play.
The news website O Jogo shared the list of players. Many football fans read this kind of news before a game.
Casa Pia AC is also a team in Portugal. They will play at their home stadium.
Football fans watch this match live. They call this a live match or live coverage.
People often talk about the line-up before big games. It helps fans know what to expect.
Vocabulary15 words
- starting line-up
- the players who start the game
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- stadium
- a big place where sports games happen
- live match
- a game you can watch while it happens
- live coverage
- news or video shown while something happens
- team
- a group of players who play together
- football
- a sport with a ball and two teams
- fans
- people who like and watch a team
- match
- a game between two teams
- players
- people who play in a game
- home
- the place where a team usually plays
- news website
- a website that shares new information
- Portugal
- a country in Europe
- game
- another word for match
- list
- names written together in order
Quiz
Answer key
1. Benfica and Casa Pia AC 2. Their starting line-up 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Benfica is a football team from Portugal. Benfica will play a match against Casa Pia AC.
Before the game, Benfica showed its _____. This is the list of players who start the match.
The match is part of the football _____ in Portugal. Fans want to know which players will play.
The news website O Jogo shared the _____ of players. Many football fans read this kind of news before a game.
Casa Pia AC is also a team in Portugal. They will play at their home _____.
Football fans watch this match _____. They call this a live match or live coverage.
People often talk about the line-up before big games. It helps fans know what to _____.