Mbappé Scores Again as Race for Top Scorer Loses Excitement
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Kylian Mbappé is a football player from France. He plays for a big team in Spain. Mbappé scores a lot of goals this season.
There is a special prize for the player with the most goals. People call this prize the Pichichi. Mbappé wins many goals early. Other players cannot score like him.
A newspaper says the competition for the prize is not exciting now. This is because Mbappé scores so much. He is like Pogačar, a famous cyclist who always wins his sport easily.
In one recent game, Mbappé's team won by many goals. People say the win looked good because of Mbappé. But the newspaper says other players did not play very well in that game.
Mbappé also talks in public about a coach named Mou. This is short for Mourinho, a famous football coach. Mbappé supports him in some way, says the report.
Vocabulary15 words
- Pichichi
- a special prize for the football player who scores the most goals
- campaign
- to publicly support someone or something
- goleada
- a football game with many goals for one team
- maquillada
- made to look better than it really is
- jornadas
- match days in a football season
- cyclist
- a person who rides a bike as a sport
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- competition
- when people try to win against each other
- score
- to get a goal or point in a game
- prize
- something you win for doing well
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- team
- a group of players who play together
- support
- to help or agree with someone
- exciting
- making you feel happy and interested
- goal
- when a player puts the ball in the net
Quiz
Answer key
1. A prize for the top scorer 2. Mbappé is scoring much more than others 3. A football coach
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Kylian Mbappé is a football _____ from France.
He plays for a big team in _____.
There is a special _____ for the player with the most goals.
People call this prize the _____.
Other players cannot _____ like him.
He is like Pogačar, a famous _____ who always wins his sport easily.
In one recent game, Mbappé's team won by many _____.
Mbappé also talks in public about a _____ named Mou.
Mbappé _____ him in some way, says the report.