Celtic Look to Bounce Back After Kairat Loss
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Celtic is a football team from Scotland. The team wants to play in the Champions League. This is a big football competition in Europe.
Celtic lost a game to a team called Kairat. This loss was hard for the team. Now Celtic wants to forget this pain.
The Celtic manager is named O'Neill. He wants Celtic to return to the Champions League. He is thinking about the next game.
Celtic must play against a team called LASK. This game is a play-off. A play-off decides who goes to the next round.
Some people ask if Celtic is ready for this game. They think Celtic may not be prepared. This word is called undercooked.
Fans and experts are talking about this game. Some experts give tips about football games. A tip is advice about what may happen.
Vocabulary15 words
- Champions League
- a big football competition for top teams in Europe
- competition
- a game or event where teams try to win
- play-off
- a game that decides who moves to the next round
- undercooked
- not ready or not prepared well
- tips
- advice about what may happen in a game
- manager
- the person who leads a football team
- defeat
- when a team loses a game
- return
- to go back to a place
- round
- one part of a competition
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- team
- a group of players who play together
- game
- a match between two teams
- pain
- a bad feeling after something difficult
- prepared
- ready for something
- next
- coming after this one
Quiz
Answer key
1. The Champions League 2. Kairat 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Celtic is a football team from _____. The team wants to play in the Champions League. This is a big football _____ in Europe.
Celtic lost a game to a team called _____. This loss was hard for the team. Now Celtic wants to forget this _____.
The Celtic manager is named _____. He wants Celtic to return to the Champions League. He is thinking about the next _____.
Celtic must play against a team called _____. This game is a _____. A play-off decides who goes to the next round.
Some people ask if Celtic is ready for this game. They think Celtic may not be prepared. This word is called _____.
Fans and experts are talking about this game. Some experts give _____ about football games.