Cúcuta Deportivo Travels to Face América de Cali
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Cúcuta Deportivo will play a football match in Cali. They will play against América de Cali. The game is part of the Liga Dimayor. This is a football league in Colombia. The game is in matchday 16. It will happen this Saturday.
Cúcuta wants to keep winning points. The team wants to do well in the league. América de Cali has a big goal too. América wants to finish in the top eight teams. This is important for the next part of the season.
América will play against an ambitious Cúcuta team. Ambitious means Cúcuta wants to win very much. Both teams will try hard to win. The match is an important game for both clubs.
Vocabulary15 words
- match
- a game between two teams
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- matchday
- a day when league games happen
- points
- numbers teams get for winning or drawing games
- ambitious
- wanting very much to succeed
- top eight
- the best eight teams in a league
- season
- the time when a sports competition happens
- club
- a sports team organization
- goal
- something a team wants to achieve
- away
- playing at the other team's stadium
- home
- playing at your own stadium
- win
- to be better than the other team in a game
- draw
- when both teams finish with the same score
- table
- a list showing team positions in a league
- stage
- a part of a competition
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1. América de Cali 2. To finish in the top eight teams 3. True
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Cúcuta Deportivo will play a football _____ in Cali. They will play against América de Cali. The game is part of the Liga Dimayor. This is a football _____ in Colombia. The game is in _____ 16. It will happen this Saturday.
Cúcuta wants to keep winning _____. The team wants to do well in the league. América de Cali has a big goal too. América wants to finish in the top _____ teams. This is important for the next part of the season.
América will play against an _____ Cúcuta team. Ambitious means Cúcuta wants to win very much. Both teams will try hard to win. The match is an important game for both clubs.
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