Botafogo Announces Tite as New Coach
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Botafogo is a football club from Brazil. The club has a new coach. His name is Tite. Botafogo made the announcement today.
Tite is a famous football coach. He worked with big teams before. Now he is the new coach of Botafogo.
Botafogo said 'welcome' to Tite. They wrote 'BEM-VINDO, TITE'. This means 'welcome, Tite' in Portuguese.
Tite will go to the stadium called Nilton Santos. He will watch the Botafogo game there. Botafogo will play against Grêmio.
Grêmio is another football team from Brazil. This game is important for Botafogo fans. They want to see their new coach at the stadium.
Vocabulary15 words
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- announcement
- when you tell people important news
- stadium
- a big place where people watch sports games
- club
- a group or team that plays a sport together
- welcome
- a nice word you say when someone new arrives
- famous
- known by many people
- match
- a game between two teams
- fan
- a person who loves a team or player
- Brazil
- a big country in South America
- team
- a group of players
- signing
- when a club gets a new player or coach
- attend
- to go to an event
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- career
- the years someone works in a job
- Portuguese
- the language people speak in Brazil
Quiz
Answer key
1. Tite 2. At the Nilton Santos stadium 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Botafogo is a football club from Brazil. The club has a new _____. His name is Tite. Botafogo made the _____ today.
Tite is a _____ football coach. He worked with big teams before. Now he is the new coach of Botafogo.
Botafogo said 'welcome' to Tite. They wrote 'BEM-VINDO, TITE'. This means '_____, Tite' in Portuguese.
Tite will go to the _____ called Nilton Santos. He will watch the Botafogo game there. Botafogo will play against Grêmio.
Grêmio is another football _____ from Brazil. This game is important for Botafogo _____. They want to see their new coach at the _____.