Israel's Abu Farchi Sent Off for Goal Celebration in Austria Loss
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Israel played Austria in a football match on Thursday.
The game was part of the Nations League.
Israel's player Saied Abu Farchi scored a goal.
He headed the ball into the net in the 55th minute.
This goal made the score 1-1.
But Abu Farchi celebrated in a bad way.
The referee did not like his celebration.
The referee gave him a yellow card.
It was his second yellow card in the game.
Two yellow cards mean a red card.
A red card means the player must leave the game.
Abu Farchi was sent off.
Israel played with only ten players after that.
Austria scored more goals after Abu Farchi left.
The final score was 3-1 for Austria.
Israel lost the match.
Vocabulary15 words
- Nations League
- a football competition between national teams
- headed
- hit the ball with your head
- referee
- the person who controls a sports game
- yellow card
- a warning card shown by the referee
- red card
- a card that sends a player out of the game
- sent off
- told to leave the game
- equalising
- making the score the same
- defeat
- a loss in a game
- forward
- a player who tries to score goals
- celebration
- showing happiness after a goal
- match
- a game between two teams
- score
- the number of goals in a game
- final
- at the end
- team
- a group of players
- player
- a person who plays a game
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1. He scored a goal 2. He got two yellow cards for his celebration 3. 3-1 for Austria
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Israel played Austria in a football match on _____.
The game was part of the _____.
Israel's player Saied Abu Farchi scored a _____.
He headed the ball into the net in the _____ minute.
This goal made the score _____.
The referee gave him a _____ card.
It was his second yellow card in the _____.
Abu Farchi was _____ off.
Israel played with only _____ players after that.
The final score was _____ for Austria.
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