Lucas Stassin Set to Join Sevilla FC
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Lucas Stassin plays football for Saint-Etienne in France.
He is a striker. A striker is a player who tries to score goals.
Now, news says Stassin will move to a new club.
The new club is Sevilla FC. Sevilla is a team in Spain.
This kind of move is called a transfer. A transfer is when a player changes clubs.
People say Stassin wanted to leave his old club.
News reports say his move to Sevilla is now close.
This means the transfer will happen very soon.
Saint-Etienne is also called ASSE for short.
Many fans are talking about this news.
The move is not finished yet, but it looks very likely.
Football fans will wait for more news soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- striker
- a player who tries to score goals
- transfer
- when a player moves from one team to another
- club
- a team that players belong to
- imminent
- going to happen very soon
- confirmed
- said to be true
- news report
- a story in the news
- France
- a country in Europe
- Spain
- a country in Europe
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- goal
- when the ball goes into the net
- fan
- a person who loves a team or player
- team
- a group of players
- move
- to change from one place to another
- soon
- in a short time
- close
- near, almost happening
Quiz
Answer key
1. Striker 2. Saint-Etienne 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Lucas Stassin plays football for _____ in France.
He is a _____. A striker is a player who tries to score goals.
Now, news says Stassin will move to a new _____.
The new club is _____ FC. Sevilla is a team in Spain.
This kind of move is called a _____.
People say Stassin wanted to _____ his old club.
News reports say his move to Sevilla is now _____.
This means the transfer will happen very _____.
Saint-Etienne is also called _____ for short.
The move is not finished yet, but it looks very _____.