Junya Ito Shines for His Club but Faces Questions Before Japan Duty
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Junya Ito is a Japanese football player. He wears the number 10 shirt. He plays for a club team in Europe.
Ito scored a great goal in a game against Liège. His team was happy. Fans said his goal was very good.
After the game, Ito was named Man of the Match. This means he played the best in the game. Fans loved it. They said nice things about him online.
In the same game, Ito ran very fast. He tried to give the ball to a teammate. But the referee said it was offside. So the goal did not count. Fans talked about this moment too.
After this, Ito needed to join the Japan national team. But before he joined, something strange happened. People online did not understand it. They asked, 'Why?' and 'This makes no sense.'
Some fans asked if Ito really wanted to win. They were confused and worried. Many people wrote comments about the strange event. But the exact details are not clear yet.
Vocabulary6 words
- Man of the Match
- the best player in a game
- offside
- a football rule; when a player is in the wrong place, the goal does not count
- national team
- a sports team for a whole country
- fans
- people who like and support a player or team
- confused
- not understanding something
- strange
- unusual; not normal
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Answer key
1. 10 2. It was offside 3. True
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Junya Ito is a Japanese football player. He wears the number _____ shirt. He plays for a club team in Europe.
Ito scored a great _____ in a game against Liège. His team was happy. Fans said his goal was very good.
After the game, Ito was named Man of the _____. This means he played the best in the game.
In the same game, Ito ran very _____. He tried to give the ball to a teammate.
But the referee said it was _____. So the goal did not count.
After this, Ito needed to join the Japan _____ team. But before he joined, something strange happened.
People online did not understand it. They asked, 'Why?' and 'This makes no _____.'
Some fans asked if Ito really wanted to _____. They were confused and worried.
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