Brazilian Club Inter Makes Offer for Coach Eduardo Baptista
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Internacional is a football club in Brazil. People call it Inter. The club needs a new coach. A coach is the person who leads the team.
Inter made an offer to Eduardo Baptista. He is the coach of another club called Criciúma. An offer means Inter wants him to come and work for them.
Before this, Inter asked two other coaches. Their names are Zubeldia and Aguirre. Both men said no to Inter.
Inter is in a difficult moment. The team is close to the relegation zone. This is called Z4 in Brazil. Teams in this zone can go down to a lower league next year.
Because of this problem, Inter wants a new coach quickly. The club hopes Eduardo Baptista will say yes and help the team.
Vocabulary15 words
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- offer
- when you ask someone to take a job
- relegation zone
- the bottom part of the league table
- Z4
- a Brazilian word for the relegation zone
- club
- a sports team and its organisation
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- team
- a group of players
- hire
- to give someone a job
- difficult
- hard; not easy
- quickly
- in a short time
- say yes
- to agree
- moment
- a short time now
- another
- a different one
- problem
- something bad that needs a solution
- hope
- to want something to happen
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1. Internacional 2. The coach of Criciúma 3. True
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Internacional is a football club in Brazil. People call it _____.
The club needs a new _____.
Inter made an _____ to Eduardo Baptista.
He is the coach of another club called _____.
Before this, Inter asked two other coaches: Zubeldia and _____.
Both men said _____ to Inter.
Inter is close to the relegation zone, called _____ in Brazil.
Teams in this zone can go down to a lower _____ next year.
Because of this problem, Inter wants a new coach _____.
The club hopes Eduardo Baptista will _____ and help the team.
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