Lazio's New Striker Deal Hits a Snag Over Medical Tests
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Lazio is a football club in Italy. The club wants a new striker. A striker is a player who scores goals.
Lazio wanted to sign a player named Bamba Dieng. He is a free agent. A free agent is a player with no club.
Dieng went to Rome for medical tests. Football clubs check a player's health before they sign him. But something went wrong with Dieng's tests.
Now Lazio still has no new striker. The club needs one soon.
There is also other news. Another Italian club, Juventus, wants a Lazio player. His name is Mandas. He is a goalkeeper. A goalkeeper stops goals.
This is a busy time for Italian football clubs. Many clubs are buying and selling players now.
Vocabulary7 words
- striker
- a player who tries to score goals
- free agent
- a player who has no team
- medical tests
- health checks doctors do
- goalkeeper
- a player who stops the ball from going in
- sign
- to make a player join a team
- club
- a sports team organisation
- deal
- an agreement between people or clubs
Quiz
Answer key
1. Striker 2. He had problems with his medical tests 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Lazio is a football club in Italy. The club wants a new _____. A striker is a player who scores goals.
Lazio wanted to sign a player named Bamba Dieng. He is a _____. A free agent is a player with no club.
Dieng went to Rome for _____. Football clubs check a player's health before they sign him. But something went wrong with Dieng's tests.
Now Lazio still has no new striker. The club needs one soon.
There is also other news. Another Italian club, Juventus, wants a Lazio player. His name is Mandas. He is a _____. A goalkeeper stops goals.
This is a busy time for Italian football clubs. Many clubs are buying and selling players now.