Brazil Coach Ancelotti Tests New Lineup Before Japan Match
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Brazil's football team will play against Japan soon. The coach is Carlo Ancelotti. He is making changes to the team.
A player named Bruno Guimarães is coming back to the team. He plays in the midfield. The midfield is the middle part of the field.
Ancelotti wants to try a young player called Rayan in the midfield too. This is a test. A test means trying something new to see if it works well.
The lineup is the list of players who will play in the game. Ancelotti is changing the lineup for this match.
Brazil had a hard time at the World Cup. The World Cup is a big football event. Many countries play against each other.
Now Brazil wants to show a new look. They want to play better than before.
The game against Japan is in Singapore. A person named Rozenha is happy about being the head of the Brazil delegation there. A delegation is a group of people who travel together for their team.
Vocabulary7 words
- midfield
- the middle part of a sports field
- test
- to try something new to see if it is good
- lineup
- the list of players in a team for a game
- World Cup
- a big football event with many countries
- delegation
- a group of people who travel together for a team or country
- coach
- the person who leads and trains a sports team
- return
- to come back
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1. Carlo Ancelotti 2. Bruno Guimarães 3. True
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Brazil's football team will play against _____ soon. The coach is Carlo _____. He is making changes to the team.
A player named Bruno Guimarães is coming back to the team. He plays in the _____. The midfield is the middle part of the field.
Ancelotti wants to try a young player called Rayan in the midfield too. This is a _____. A test means trying something new to see if it works well.
The _____ is the list of players who will play in the game. Ancelotti is changing the lineup for this match.
Brazil had a hard time at the World _____. The World Cup is a big football event. Many countries play against each other.
Now Brazil wants to show a new look. They want to play better than before.
The game against Japan is in _____. A person named Rozenha is happy about being the head of the Brazil _____ there.
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