Mbappé Scores Hat-Trick in Return to Bernabéu
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Kylian Mbappé plays football for Real Madrid. He is a famous striker. A striker is a player who tries to score goals.
Real Madrid played a game against Real Sociedad. The game was at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. This is the home stadium of Real Madrid.
Mbappé scored three goals in the game. This is called a hat-trick. A hat-trick means one player scores three goals in one match.
Real Madrid won the game. The final score was 4-1. This means Real Madrid got four goals and Real Sociedad got one goal.
This game was from the first matchday of the season. A matchday is one round of games in a league. The game was late, so the teams played it now.
People were happy to see Mbappé play so well at the Bernabéu again. Fans love watching great goals.
Vocabulary6 words
- striker
- a player who tries to score goals
- hat-trick
- when one player scores three goals in one game
- score
- the number of goals each team gets
- matchday
- one round of games in a season
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- stadium
- a big place where sports games happen
Quiz
Answer key
1. Three 2. 4-1 3. The Santiago Bernabéu
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Kylian Mbappé plays football for _____. He is a famous striker.
Real Madrid played a game against _____.
The game was at the _____ stadium.
Mbappé scored _____ goals in the game.
This is called a _____.
Real Madrid _____ the game.
The final score was _____.
This game was from the first _____ of the season.