Messi Scores Amazing Free-Kick, But Columbus Crew Win Late
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Lionel Messi plays football for Inter Miami. He is from Argentina. Messi is one of the best players in the world.
Messi's team played against Columbus Crew. This is a game in the MLS. MLS is the football league in the USA.
Messi scored a great goal. It was a free-kick. A free-kick happens after another player breaks a rule. Messi kicked the ball from a very hard angle. An angle is the direction you shoot from. The goal looked almost impossible.
People say the goal was a dream goal. This means it was very beautiful and hard to score. The goal also brings Messi close to a big record. A record is the best result ever.
But Columbus Crew won the game. They scored a goal near the end of the match. This is called a late winner. It means the winning goal came very close to the finish.
So Inter Miami lost the game. But Messi's goal is still famous. Many fans are talking about it online.
Vocabulary15 words
- MLS
- the top football league in the USA
- free-kick
- a kick given after a rule is broken
- angle
- the direction something comes from
- record
- the best result ever
- late winner
- a winning goal scored near the end
- goal
- when the ball goes into the net
- match
- a game between two teams
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- fans
- people who support a team or player
- team
- a group of players who play together
- score
- to get a goal or point
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- kick
- to hit something with your foot
- win
- to have the best result in a game
- lose
- to not win a game
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1. Lionel Messi 2. Columbus Crew 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Lionel Messi plays football for _____.
Messi's team played against _____.
This is a game in the _____.
Messi scored a great goal. It was a _____.
Messi kicked the ball from a very hard _____.
People say the goal was a _____ goal.
The goal also brings Messi close to a big _____.
But _____ won the game.
They scored a goal near the end of the match. This is called a _____.
So Inter Miami _____ the game.
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