Emmanuel Petit Questions Esteban Lepaul's Level for France
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Esteban Lepaul plays football for France.
France played a match against Belgium.
In the match, Lepaul almost scored a goal.
He wanted to make the score equal.
But he did not score.
After the match, people talked about Lepaul.
Emmanuel Petit is a former French football player.
He was very good at football in the past.
Now he talks about football on TV.
Petit said something serious about Lepaul.
He said Lepaul may not be good enough.
He thinks Lepaul is not ready for the French national team.
This is called a harsh opinion.
Many people are now talking about this.
Fans want to know if Lepaul will play again.
Vocabulary15 words
- national team
- the team that plays for one country
- harsh
- not kind; very strong and critical
- equalizer
- a goal that makes the score equal
- striker
- a player whose job is to score goals
- former
- in the past; not now
- critical
- saying something is not good
- performance
- how well someone does something
- opinion
- what someone thinks
- match
- a game between two teams
- score
- the number of goals in a game
- ready
- able to do something now
- goal
- when the ball goes into the net
- team
- a group of players
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- level
- how good someone is at something
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1. A football player for France 2. Lepaul almost scored an equalizer 3. He gave a harsh opinion about Lepaul's level
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Esteban Lepaul plays _____ for France.
France played a match against _____.
In the match, Lepaul almost scored a _____.
He wanted to make the score _____.
But he did not _____.
Emmanuel Petit is a _____ French football player.
Petit said something _____ about Lepaul.
He said Lepaul may not be good _____.
He thinks Lepaul is not ready for the French national _____.
Many people are now talking about this _____.
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