Dortmund and Bayern Meet in German Super Cup
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Borussia Dortmund will play FC Bayern Munich soon. This is a big football match. It is called the Super Cup. The game is in Germany.
People say Dortmund does not have a clear style yet. A style is how a team plays. Bayern Munich often makes jokes about other teams. This is called to stichel in German. It means to tease.
Markus Babbel will talk about the game on TV. He is a football expert. An expert knows a lot about one thing. Babbel played football before.
The match will start at 01:30. This time is very late at night in Germany. Many fans will watch on TV.
People call this game a classic German football match. Dortmund and Bayern often play exciting games together.
Vocabulary5 words
- Super Cup
- a special football match before the season starts
- style
- the way a team plays football
- stichel
- a German word for teasing someone in a friendly way
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about one subject
- classic
- something that is very typical or traditional
Quiz
Answer key
1. Dortmund and Bayern 2. Super Cup (der Supercup) 3. Markus Babbel
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Borussia Dortmund will play FC Bayern Munich soon. This is a big football _____. It is called the Super Cup. The game is in _____.
People say Dortmund does not have a clear _____ yet. A style is how a team plays. Bayern Munich often makes jokes about other teams. This is called to stichel in German. It means to _____.
Markus Babbel will talk about the game on TV. He is a football _____. An expert knows a lot about one thing. Babbel played football before.
The match will start at _____. This time is very late at night in Germany. Many fans will watch on TV.
People call this game a _____ German football match. Dortmund and Bayern often play exciting games together.