CRB Could Stay in Top Six After Sport's Slip
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Sport lost a recent match. This loss changes things for other teams. One team is CRB. CRB is a football team. There is a group called the G-6. The G-6 is the top six teams in a league. CRB wants to stay in this group. Now there are new ways for CRB to stay in the G-6.
CRB will play an important game soon. The game is against a team called Goiás. This game is a decisive match. A decisive match can change a team's future. The game will happen in a place called Serrinha.
Goiás is selling tickets for this game. Many fans want to go and watch. The club has shared some early numbers about ticket sales.
A man named Mozart works with the Goiás team. He is strong and ready for the big game. But there is one problem. The team is not sure who will play in the lateral position. This is a position on the side of the field.
Vocabulary15 words
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- G-6
- the top six teams in a league table
- decisive
- very important; can decide the result
- tickets
- paper or digital pass to watch a game
- lateral
- a player position on the side of the field
- match
- a sports game between two teams
- club
- a sports team organization
- fans
- people who support a team
- position
- a player's job or place on the field
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- group
- a set of teams or people together
- loss
- when a team does not win
- ready
- prepared for something
- strong
- having much power or energy
- numbers
- amounts; figures
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Answer key
1. Sport 2. The top six teams in a league 3. True
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Sport lost a recent _____. This loss changes things for other teams.
One team is CRB. CRB wants to stay in the _____.
CRB will play an important game against a team called _____.
This game is a _____ match.
The game will happen in a place called _____.
Goiás is selling _____ for this game.
A man named _____ works with the Goiás team.
The team is not sure who will play in the _____ position.
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