Ecuador Prepares for Friendly Match Against Japan in Yokohama
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Ecuador's football team is in Yokohama, Japan. They will play a friendly match against Japan. This is not a real competition. It is a practice game.
The coach of Ecuador is Gallardo. He said the match is "an interesting test" for his team. He wants to watch and check how his players perform.
Alan Franco plays for Ecuador. People call the team "La Tri." Franco said the game will help the team "think about big things." He talked about this in a video.
The match is important for Ecuador. The team wants to learn from this game. They want to get better before other big matches.
Fans are excited to watch Ecuador play in Japan. This is a special moment for the team.
Vocabulary15 words
- Yokohama
- a big city in Japan
- friendly match
- a game that is just for practice, not for a prize
- test
- something you do to check how good you are
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- La Tri
- a nickname for the Ecuador football team
- practice
- doing something many times to get better
- competition
- a contest where teams try to win
- perform
- to do something, like play a sport
- important
- something that matters a lot
- players
- people who play in the game
- video
- a short film you can watch
- special
- different and important
- team
- a group of people who play together
- big matches
- very important games
- learn
- to get new knowledge or skill
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Answer key
1. Yokohama 2. An interesting test 3. True
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Ecuador's football team is in _____, Japan.
They will play a friendly _____ against Japan.
The coach of Ecuador is _____.
He said the match is "an interesting _____" for his team.
Alan _____ plays for Ecuador.
People call the team "_____."
Franco said the game will help the team "think about _____ things."
The match is _____ for Ecuador.
The team wants to _____ from this game.
Fans are excited to watch Ecuador play in _____.
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