Japan Beats Uzbekistan on Penalties, Will Meet South Korea in Asian Games Final
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Japan's young football team won a big match. They played against Uzbekistan in the Asian Games. The game finished with a draw. So the teams played a penalty shootout. Japan won the shootout. Now Japan is in the final.
Player Tomoto Osekai spoke after the game. He said he felt relieved. He said, "I'm really happy we won."
Japan will play South Korea in the final. This is the third time in a row. Japan and South Korea played the final in the last two Asian Games too.
Korean media are happy about this. They say it is the best situation for South Korea. One Korean report said more good luck has come to their team. Many people are excited for the final match.
Vocabulary15 words
- Asian Games
- a big sports event for countries in Asia
- draw
- a game where both teams get the same score
- penalty shootout
- a way to decide the winner by kicking the ball many times
- media
- newspapers, TV, and websites that tell people the news
- relieved
- feeling glad that something bad did not happen
- final
- the last and most important game
- consecutive
- happening one after another, with no break
- tournament
- a group of games to find one winner
- team
- a group of players who play together
- match
- a game between two teams
- won
- got first place or beat the other team
- situation
- the way things are right now
- excited
- feeling very happy and interested
- opponent
- the team you play against
- score
- the number of points a team gets
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Answer key
1. With a penalty shootout 2. South Korea 3. False
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Japan's young football team won a big _____.
They played against Uzbekistan in the Asian _____.
The game finished with a _____.
So the teams played a penalty _____.
Japan won the _____.
Now Japan is in the _____.
Player Tomoto Osekai said he felt _____.
Japan will play South _____ in the final.
This is the third time in a _____.
Korean _____ are happy about this.
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