Corinthians Has Five Players Missing at Training Return
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Corinthians is a football club in Brazil. The team went back to training at their training center, called CT. Five players did not train with the team. They are called absences.
Two players, Yuri and Hugo Souza, trained with the team. This is good news for Corinthians. Fans hope they can play in the next game.
The next game is against Santos, another football team. It is part of the Brasileirão, the biggest football league in Brazil. The game is on August 30.
The Brasileirão 2026 season is happening now. Corinthians wants to have all their best players ready for this important match.
Vocabulary15 words
- training
- practice for a sport
- training center
- a place where a sports team practices
- absences
- when someone is not present
- Brasileirão
- the main football league in Brazil
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- club
- a team that people play for
- fans
- people who support a team
- match
- a game between two teams
- season
- the time period when a sport is played
- team
- a group of players
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- return
- coming back
- hope
- wanting something good to happen
- important
- very needed or big
- ready
- prepared to do something
Quiz
Answer key
1. Five 2. Santos 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Corinthians is a football club in Brazil. The team went back to _____ at their _____, called CT. Five players did not train with the team. They are called _____.
Two players, Yuri and Hugo Souza, trained with the team. This is good news for Corinthians. Fans hope they can play in the next game.
The next game is against Santos, another football team. It is part of the _____, the biggest football _____ in Brazil. The game is on August 30.
The Brasileirão 2026 _____ is happening now. Corinthians wants to have all their best _____ ready for this important _____.