La Liga 2026-27: Madrid Turn to Mourinho to Stop Barcelona
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A new season of La Liga starts soon. La Liga is the top football league in Spain.
Barcelona are the champions. They won the last season. Now other teams want to beat them.
Real Madrid want to take the title back. This season, Madrid have a new coach. His name is José Mourinho.
Mourinho is a famous coach. He has worked with many big clubs before. Now people want to know if he can help Madrid win.
Football fans and experts are talking about the new season. They want to know if Barcelona can win again, or if Madrid will stop them.
There are also computer predictions for the season. These predictions try to guess which team will win La Liga in 2026-27.
Vocabulary6 words
- season
- the time when a sport is played, from start to end
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- champions
- the team that won last time
- title
- the prize for winning a competition
- coach
- the person who leads and trains a sports team
- predictions
- guesses about what will happen
Quiz
Answer key
1. Barcelona 2. José Mourinho 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A new _____ of La Liga starts soon. La Liga is the top football _____ in Spain.
Barcelona are the _____. They won the last season. Now other teams want to beat them.
Real Madrid want to take the _____ back. This season, Madrid have a new _____. His name is José Mourinho.
Mourinho is a famous _____. He has worked with many big clubs before. Now people want to know if he can help Madrid win.
There are also computer _____ for the season. These _____ try to guess which team will win La Liga in 2026-27.