Inter Face Udinese Without Lautaro and Calhanoglu
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Inter played Udinese in a football match. The game started at 20:45. It is a Serie A game. Serie A is the top league in Italy.
Two important Inter players did not play. Lautaro MartÃnez did not play. Hakan Calhanoglu also did not play. Calhanoglu sat in the stands. He did not sit with the team.
Other players played instead. Henrikh Mkhitaryan played. Piotr Zieliński also played. Zieliński played in a midfield role. He helped control the game.
Marcus Thuram played too. He played with another forward. His name is Pio. Federico Dimarco did not start the game. He sat on the bench. He could play later in the game.
This game was part of the Serie A season. Teams play many games in a season. The coach chooses the players for each game. He chose different players this time.
Vocabulary7 words
- football
- a sport with two teams and a ball
- stands
- seats where people watch a game
- midfield
- the middle part of a football team
- forward
- a player who tries to score goals
- bench
- seats for players not playing right now
- season
- a period of many games in a sport
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
Quiz
Answer key
1. Inter vs Udinese 2. Lautaro MartÃnez 3. On the bench
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Inter played Udinese in a _____ match. The game started at _____. It is a Serie A game.
Two important Inter players did not play. _____ did not play. Hakan Calhanoglu also did not play. Calhanoglu sat in the _____.
Other players played instead. Henrikh Mkhitaryan played. _____ also played. He played in a _____ role.
Marcus Thuram played too. He played with another forward. His name is _____. Federico Dimarco did not start. He sat on the _____.
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