Japan Beats Brazil 3-2 in Friendly Match
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Japan won a friendly football match against Brazil. The score was 3-2.
Brazil player Vinícius Júnior scored two goals. People called his goals beautiful. But Brazil still lost the match.
Brazil's coach is Carlo Ancelotti. During the match, the referee sent him away. This is called an expulsion.
After the game, Ancelotti talked about the referee. He said the referee did not have enough experience. He said this changed the result of the match.
A friendly match is not a very important game. Teams play it for practice.
Vocabulary15 words
- friendly
- a game that is not very important; for practice
- referee
- the person who controls a sports game
- expulsion
- when someone must leave; sent away
- experience
- knowledge from doing something many times
- doublé
- two goals by one player in one game
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- score
- the numbers that show who is winning
- result
- what happens at the end of a game
- match
- a game between two teams
- goal
- when a team scores a point in football
- beautiful
- very nice to look at
- practice
- doing something to get better at it
- team
- a group of players
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- lost
- did not win
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1. Japan 3-2 Brazil 2. Vinícius Júnior 3. He did not have enough experience
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Japan won a _____ football match against Brazil. The score was _____.
Brazil player Vinícius Júnior scored two _____. People called his goals beautiful. But Brazil still _____ the match.
Brazil's _____ is Carlo Ancelotti. During the match, the _____ sent him away. This is called an _____.
After the game, Ancelotti talked about the referee. He said the referee did not have enough _____. He said this changed the _____ of the match.
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