FC Tokyo Hosts Chiba, Looks for First Win of the Season
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FC Tokyo will play Chiba on Friday, August 21.
The match is at the National Stadium. About 50,000 people may come to watch.
FC Tokyo want their first win this season. They have not won a league game yet.
Player Yuto Nagatomo is not in the team for this match.
FC Tokyo player Nagakura has scored in his last two games. He wants to score again.
He said he loves the moment when fans get excited.
The club will also have a goods shop and a gacha gacha corner at the stadium. Gacha gacha are small toy machines.
Fans can buy team goods and try the toy machines before the game.
Vocabulary15 words
- National Stadium
- a very big sports place in Tokyo
- goods shop
- a small shop that sells team items
- gacha gacha
- a machine that gives a small toy for money
- league
- a group of teams that play games together
- striker
- a player who tries to score goals
- fans
- people who support a team
- match
- a game between two teams
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- score
- to get a point in a game
- team
- a group of players
- win
- to be first or best in a game
- corner
- a small special area
- member
- a person in a group
- excited
- feeling very happy and interested
- moment
- a short time
Quiz
Answer key
1. National Stadium 2. Yuto Nagatomo 3. Their first win this season
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
FC Tokyo will play _____ on Friday, August 21.
The match is at the _____. About 50,000 people may come to watch.
FC Tokyo want their _____ win this season.
Player Yuto _____ is not in the team for this match.
FC Tokyo player _____ has scored in his last two games.
He said he loves the moment when fans get _____.
The club will also have a goods shop and a _____ corner at the stadium.
Fans can buy team goods and try the toy machines before the _____.