Mourinho Speaks on La Liga Schedule and Player Roles
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José Mourinho is a famous football coach. He talked about the La Liga football schedule.
La Liga is a big football league in Spain. It has many teams and many matches.
Mourinho also talked about Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé is a famous football player.
Mourinho talked about the right-back position too. A right-back is a defender on the right side.
Racing will play against Real Madrid soon. This match is part of La Liga's eleventh round.
People will watch the match on TV. Some people will watch it online too.
Mourinho also said nice words about Harry Kane. Kane won a big football award called the Ballon d'Or.
Mourinho said this even though he was not happy about Mbappé. This shows Mourinho can be fair.
Vocabulary10 words
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- schedule
- a plan of when things happen
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- match
- a sports game between two teams
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- right-back
- a defender who plays on the right side of the field
- round
- one part of a sports season
- online
- using the internet
- award
- a prize given for good work
- fair
- treating people in a good and right way
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1. A football coach 2. Mbappé and the right-back position 3. The Ballon d'Or
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José Mourinho is a famous football _____. He talked about the La Liga football _____.
La Liga is a big football _____ in Spain. It has many teams and many _____.
Mourinho also talked about Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé is a famous football _____.
Mourinho talked about the _____ position too. A right-back is a defender on the right side.
Racing will play against Real Madrid soon. This match is part of La Liga's eleventh _____.
People will watch the match on TV. Some people will watch it _____ too.
Mourinho also said nice words about Harry Kane. Kane won a big football _____ called the Ballon d'Or.
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