Flamengo's Pedro Praises Teammates After Libertadores Win
Flamengo is a football team from Brazil. The team won a match in the Libertadores. This is a big football competition in South America.
Pedro plays football for Flamengo. He is a striker. A striker is a player who tries to score goals.
After the match, Pedro talked about his teammates. He said he gave freedom to his friends on the team. This means he let them play in their own way.
People call Pedro a good teammate. This means he helps other players on his team.
Another team, Cruzeiro, lost the match. Cruzeiro's coach is Artur Jorge. A coach is the person who leads the team.
Artur Jorge was honest about the game. He said his team did not play like they usually play. He said, 'We were not the same as ourselves.'
Flamengo also made money from this win. The team earned money because they moved forward in the competition.
Football fans in Brazil are talking about this news. Flamengo is happy, but Cruzeiro is sad about the result.
Vocabulary15 words
- Libertadores
- a big football competition for teams in South America
- striker
- a player who tries to score goals
- freedom
- the chance to do something in your own way
- teammate
- a person who plays on your team
- coach
- the person who leads and trains a sports team
- eliminated
- out of a competition after losing
- classification
- moving forward to the next part of a competition
- sincere
- honest and true
- match
- a game between two teams
- team
- a group of players who play sports together
- competition
- a contest between many teams or people
- earned
- got money for doing something
- fans
- people who like and support a team
- honest
- telling the truth
- result
- what happens at the end of a game
Quiz
Answer key
1. Striker 2. Freedom 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Flamengo is a football team from Brazil. The team won a match in the _____. This is a big football competition in South America.
Pedro plays football for Flamengo. He is a _____. A striker is a player who tries to score goals.
After the match, Pedro talked about his teammates. He said he gave _____ to his friends on the team.
People call Pedro a good _____. This means he helps other players on his team.
Another team, Cruzeiro, lost the match. Cruzeiro's _____ is Artur Jorge.
Artur Jorge was _____ about the game. He said his team did not play like they usually play.
Flamengo also made _____ from this win. The team earned money because they moved forward in the competition.
Football _____ in Brazil are talking about this news.