Botafogo in Talks for Return of Striker Tiquinho Soares
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Botafogo is a football club in Brazil.
The club wants Tiquinho Soares to come back.
He is a striker. A striker is a player who scores goals.
Tiquinho Soares said no to other clubs. He waited for Botafogo to call him.
People think he wants to retire at Botafogo. Retire means to stop working.
Right now, the two sides are talking. This is called a negotiation.
A negotiation is when people talk to make a deal.
Fans want to know if Tiquinho Soares will sign a new contract.
A contract is a paper that says a player will play for a club.
No final answer yet. But talks are moving forward.
Vocabulary15 words
- striker
- a player whose job is to score goals
- retire
- to stop working or playing forever
- negotiation
- when people talk to agree on something
- contract
- a paper that says what a player must do for a club
- club
- a team that players play for
- return
- coming back to a place
- offer
- when someone asks you to do something, like join a team
- sign
- to put your name on a contract
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- goal
- when a player puts the ball in the net
- team
- a group of players who play together
- match
- a football game
- fan
- a person who loves a team
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- news
- information about something that happened
Quiz
Answer key
1. Striker 2. He said no to them 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 in _____.
The club wants Tiquinho Soares to come _____.
He is a striker. A striker is a player who scores _____.
Tiquinho Soares said no to other _____.
He waited for Botafogo to _____ him.
People think he wants to _____ at Botafogo.
Right now, the two sides are _____.
This is called a _____.
Fans want to know if he will sign a new _____.
No final answer yet, but talks are moving _____.