Bremer Leads Defenders in Goals as Juventus Prepare for Frosinone
Bremer plays football for Juventus. He is a defender. A defender stops the other team from scoring.
Bremer has scored more goals than any other defender this season. He is top of the scoring charts.
Bremer said, "I stayed to win." This means he stayed at Juventus because he wants to win things.
Juventus has a new manager. His name is Spalletti. He says everyone at the club wants success.
Success means winning games and trophies.
Juventus will play Frosinone soon. This is a game in Serie A. Serie A is the top football league in Italy.
A league is a group of teams that play against each other.
People are looking at the stats for both teams before the game. Stats are numbers about how teams play.
People also look at the head-to-head record. This shows who won in the past when the two teams played.
Vocabulary10 words
- defender
- a player who stops the other team from scoring
- scoring charts
- a list that shows who scored the most goals
- success
- winning or doing well
- Serie A
- the top football league in Italy
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- stats
- numbers that show how a team or player plays
- head-to-head
- a record of past games between two teams
- manager
- the person who leads a football team
- goals
- points scored in football
- season
- the months when football games happen
Quiz
Answer key
1. Defender 2. He stayed to win 3. Frosinone
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Bremer plays football for Juventus. He is a _____.
Bremer has scored more goals than any other defender this season. He is top of the _____.
Bremer said, "I stayed to _____."
Juventus has a new manager. His name is _____.
He says everyone at the club wants _____.
Juventus will play _____ soon.
This is a game in _____.
People are looking at the _____ for both teams before the game.
People also look at the _____ record.