Goalkeeper Robin Risser Withdraws from France Squad, Jean Butez Called Up
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Robin Risser is a goalkeeper. He plays football for France.
Risser cannot play with the France team now. His body has a problem. This is called a forfait. It means a player must stop.
The France football team needed a new goalkeeper. They chose Jean Butez.
Jean Butez is happy. This is his first time with the France national team. A national team plays for a country.
Butez will now train with the other French players. He is ready to help the team.
Vocabulary15 words
- goalkeeper
- the player who stops the ball from going into the goal
- forfait
- when a player cannot play because of an injury or health problem
- national team
- a sports team that plays for a whole country
- call-up
- when a player is chosen to join a team
- squad
- a group of players chosen for a team
- replace
- to put a new person in place of another person
- physically
- about the body
- team
- a group of people who play a sport together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- injury
- damage to the body
- France
- a country in Europe
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- first time
- when something happens for the first occasion
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- choose
- to pick one thing or person
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Quiz
Answer key
1. He has a physical problem 2. Jean Butez 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Robin Risser is a _____. He plays football for France.
Risser cannot play with the France team now. His body has a _____.
This is called a _____. It means a player must stop.
The France football team needed a new _____.
They chose Jean _____.
This is his first time with the France _____ team.
Butez will now _____ with the other French players.
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