Morocco Names Strong Squad to Face Niger, but Loses Midfielder to Injury
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Morocco will play Niger soon. This is a football match for the Africa Cup of Nations 2027.
The Morocco coach is Walid Regragui. People call him Wehbi. He chose his squad for the match.
Two big stars will play. Their names are Achraf Hakimi and Brahim Diaz. They are important players for Morocco.
But there is bad news too. A midfielder got hurt. His name is El Ainaoui.
He cannot play in the matches against Niger. This is because of his injury.
The coach must change his plans now. He needs a new player for the midfield.
Vocabulary15 words
- Africa Cup of Nations
- a big football competition for African countries
- squad
- a group of players chosen for a team
- players
- people who play a sport
- injury
- hurt part of the body
- midfield
- the middle part of a football team
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- qualifier
- a match to decide who goes to a big competition
- lineup
- the list of players who will play
- match
- a game between two teams
- star
- a very famous and good player
- team
- a group of players
- news
- new information about something
- plans
- ideas about what to do
- important
- very needed or valuable
- choose
- to pick one thing from many
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Answer key
1. Walid Regragui 2. Hakimi and Diaz 3. False
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Morocco will play _____ soon. This is a football match for the Africa Cup of Nations 2027.
The Morocco _____ is Walid Regragui. People call him Wehbi. He chose his squad for the match.
Two big _____ will play. Their names are Achraf Hakimi and Brahim Diaz.
But there is bad _____ too. A midfielder got hurt. His name is El Ainaoui.
He cannot play in the matches against Niger. This is because of his _____.
The coach must change his _____ now. He needs a new player for the midfield.
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