Grêmio Assistant Coach Arrested in Porto Alegre
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Police arrested a man in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He works as an assistant coach for the football team Grêmio. He helps the head coach, Renato.
Police came to the team when it arrived in the city. They arrested the man there. This is called a team arrival.
The man broke a protective order. This is a rule from a court. It said he could not go near his ex-partner.
Police say he hurt his ex-partner with psychological violence. This means he hurt her with words or actions, not hitting.
The team did not say more about the arrest. Grêmio is a big football club in Brazil.
Vocabulary15 words
- arrested
- taken by police because of a crime
- assistant coach
- a person who helps the main coach of a team
- team arrival
- when a team comes to a place
- protective order
- a rule from a court to keep someone safe
- ex-partner
- a person you were with before, like a girlfriend or boyfriend
- psychological violence
- hurting someone with words, not hitting them
- arrest
- when police take a person away
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- police
- people whose job is to stop crime
- court
- a place where judges decide about laws
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- rule
- something you must follow
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- head coach
- the main leader of a sports team
- broke
- did not follow a rule
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1. An assistant coach 2. When the team arrived in Porto Alegre 3. A protective order about his ex-partner
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Police _____ a man in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He works as an _____ for the football team Grêmio. He helps the head coach, Renato.
Police came to the team when it _____ in the city. They arrested the man there.
The man broke a _____. This is a rule from a _____. It said he could not go near his _____.
Police say he hurt his ex-partner with _____. This means he hurt her with words or actions, not hitting.
The team did not say more about the _____. Grêmio is a big football _____ in Brazil.
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