Manchester City Face Norwich City in Carabao Cup
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Manchester City play Norwich City today.
The game is in the Carabao Cup. This is a football competition in England.
It is the third round of the cup. Many teams play in this cup.
Manchester City is a big football team. Norwich City is also a football team.
People call Norwich City the Canaries. This is their nickname.
Manchester City trained before the game. They got ready to play Norwich.
There will be a live report of the game. People can read updates online.
The report has the score. It also has news about the line-ups.
A line-up shows which players play in the game.
There will be free highlights too. Highlights show the best parts of the game.
Fans want to know who wins. Many people will watch this match.
Vocabulary10 words
- Carabao Cup
- a football competition in England
- competition
- a contest where teams try to win
- third round
- the third part of a competition
- team
- a group of players
- Canaries
- the nickname for Norwich City
- nickname
- a fun name for someone or something
- live
- happening now
- score
- the number of goals each team has
- line-ups
- the lists of players who play
- highlights
- the best short parts of a game
Quiz
Answer key
1. Norwich City 2. The Canaries 3. Carabao Cup
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Manchester City play _____ City today.
The game is in the _____ Cup.
It is the _____ round of the cup.
People call Norwich City the _____.
Manchester City _____ before the game.
There will be a _____ report of the game.
The report has the _____.
It also has news about the _____.
There will be free _____ too.
Fans want to know who _____.
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