Everton Boss Moyes Wants More, Even Fifth in League
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Everton are doing well in the Premier League this season.
The team is fifth in the table. They have not lost a game yet.
David Moyes is the manager of Everton. He wants his team to get better.
Moyes does not want to talk about Europe. In football, teams that finish near the top can play in Europe next season.
Moyes thinks it is too early to talk about this. He wants the team to stay focused.
Everton fans are happy with the team's good start. But Moyes says there is still work to do.
The manager wants his players to keep working hard every game.
Vocabulary9 words
- fifth
- number 5 in a list; here, the team's place in the table
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- Europe
- here, football matches against teams from other European countries
- table
- a list that shows how teams are doing in a competition
- unbeaten
- not losing any games
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- improve
- to get better
- focused
- thinking only about one thing
- fans
- people who support a team
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1. Fifth 2. None 3. Europe
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Everton are doing well in the Premier _____ this season.
The team is _____ in the table. They have not _____ a game yet.
David Moyes is the _____ of Everton. He wants his team to get better.
Moyes does not want to talk about _____.
In football, teams that finish near the top can play in Europe next _____.
Moyes thinks it is too _____ to talk about this. He wants the team to stay _____.
Everton _____ are happy with the team's good start.
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