Cultural Leonesa Plays Salamanca UDS in First Match Since Return
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Cultural Leonesa is a football team from Spain. It plays its home games at a stadium called El Reino. This week, Cultural plays its first match at El Reino this season. The other team is Salamanca CF UDS.
Cultural and Salamanca have not played each other for seven seasons. Now, the two teams meet again. Many fans want to watch this game. It is an important match for both cities.
Before the game, people talk about the lineups. A lineup is the list of players who start the match. People also look at statistics from old games. Statistics are numbers that show how good a team plays.
Experts also give a prediction for the game. A prediction is a guess about what will happen. Many people think this match will be exciting. Fans from both cities are ready to support their teams.
Vocabulary5 words
- team
- a group of people who play sport together
- stadium
- a big place where people watch sport
- lineups
- the players who start a game
- statistics
- numbers that show information
- prediction
- a guess about the future
Quiz
Answer key
1. El Reino 2. Seven 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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Cultural Leonesa is a football _____ from Spain. It plays its home games at a _____ called El Reino. This week, Cultural plays its first match at El Reino this season. The other team is Salamanca CF UDS.
Cultural and Salamanca have not played each other for _____ seasons. Now, the two teams meet again. Many fans want to watch this game. It is an important match for both cities.
Before the game, people talk about the _____. A lineup is the list of players who start the match. People also look at _____ from old games. Statistics are numbers that show how good a team plays.
Experts also give a _____ for the game. A prediction is a guess about what will happen. Many people think this match will be exciting. Fans from both cities are ready to support their teams.