Carrasco Scores Hat-Trick in Al-Ahli vs Al-Shabab Clasico
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Carrasco played for Al-Shabab in a big match.
He scored three goals in the game. This is called a hat-trick.
Ben Yato did the same thing before. Now Carrasco did it too.
The match was against Al-Ahli. It is a famous game called a clasico.
There were six goals in total in the match.
But the goalkeeper of Al-Shabab was not happy. He said he was not satisfied with the match.
Something strange happened with the referee during the game. A former Arsenal player was the referee.
This strange thing made the match more exciting for fans.
Vocabulary15 words
- hat-trick
- when one player scores three goals in one game
- clasico
- a very famous and important match between two big teams
- referee
- the person who controls a sports match and makes decisions
- goalkeeper
- the player who stops the ball from entering the goal
- satisfied
- happy with something
- achievement
- something good that a person does
- incident
- something that happens, often unusual
- match
- a game between two teams
- goal
- when the ball goes into the net and a team scores
- team
- a group of players who play together
- famous
- known by many people
- exciting
- making people feel happy and interested
- star
- a very good and famous player
- former
- someone who was something before, but not now
- rare
- not happening often
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1. Three 2. Al-Shabab 3. No
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Carrasco played for Al-Shabab in a big _____.
He scored three goals in the game. This is called a _____.
Ben Yato did the same thing before. Now Carrasco did it too.
The match was against Al-Ahli. It is a famous game called a _____.
There were six _____ in total in the match.
But the _____ of Al-Shabab was not happy. He said he was not satisfied with the match.
Something strange happened with the _____ during the game. A former Arsenal player was the referee.
This strange thing made the match more _____ for fans.
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