Boca Juniors Beats Villa 3-1 in Copa Sudamericana
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Boca Juniors played a football game against Recoleta. Boca won the game 3-1. This was the first game in a two-game match. It is part of the Copa Sudamericana, a big football competition.
The team is from a place called Villa. People expected Boca to win by more goals. Boca did not score a lot of goals. But Boca still won the game.
Now Boca will travel to Paraguay for the second game. Boca feels good about this next game. Boca does not need to win by a lot. Boca only needs a good result to go to the next round.
The two games together decide which team goes forward in the competition. This is called the octavos de final, or round of 16, in Spanish. Boca is now close to winning this round.
Vocabulary15 words
- match
- a game between two teams
- Copa Sudamericana
- a big football competition in South America
- competition
- a contest where teams try to win
- round
- one part of a competition
- octavos de final
- the part of a competition with 16 teams left
- goals
- points scored in football
- first leg
- the first of two games between two teams
- second leg
- the second of two games between two teams
- score
- the number of goals in a game
- team
- a group of players
- win
- to be better and get first place
- travel
- to go to another place
- result
- what happens at the end of a game
- expected
- thought something would happen
- next
- the one after this one
Quiz
Answer key
1. 3-1 2. Boca Juniors 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Boca Juniors played a football game against _____. Boca won the game _____. This was the first game in a two-game _____. It is part of the Copa Sudamericana, a big football competition.
The team is from a place called _____. People expected Boca to win by more goals. Boca did not _____ a lot of goals. But Boca still won the game.
Now Boca will _____ to Paraguay for the second game. Boca feels good about this next game. Boca does not need to win by a lot. Boca only needs a good _____ to go to the next round.
The two games together decide which _____ goes forward in the competition. This is called the octavos de final, or round of 16, in Spanish. Boca is now close to winning this round.