Mourinho's Tactics Help Real Madrid Beat Barcelona in Clasico
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Real Madrid beat Barcelona in a big football match called the Clasico.
The coach of Real Madrid is José Mourinho. He used smart tactics to win.
Barcelona's coach is Hansi Flick. Mourinho's plan was better than Flick's plan.
Before the match, Barcelona wanted to get more points than Real Madrid.
But Real Madrid won the game. This was bad news for Barcelona.
Mourinho also talked about a young Barcelona player named Lamine Yamal.
Mourinho said he saw Yamal from 10 meters away during the game.
He said he looked at Yamal and understood something about him.
Mourinho did not give more details about what he understood.
People are talking about this surprising comment from Mourinho.
Vocabulary15 words
- Clasico
- a very important football game between Real Madrid and Barcelona
- tactics
- a plan to win a game
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- surprising
- something you do not expect
- defeat
- to win against someone
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- match
- a sports game
- victory
- when you win
- comment
- something a person says
- observe
- to look at something carefully
- young
- not old
- star
- a very good and famous player
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- rival
- a strong competitor
- team
- a group of players
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1. Real Madrid 2. José Mourinho 3. 10 meters
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Real Madrid beat Barcelona in a big football match called the _____.
The coach of Real Madrid is José Mourinho. He used smart _____ to win.
Barcelona's coach is Hansi _____. Mourinho's plan was better than Flick's plan.
Before the match, Barcelona wanted to get more points than Real _____.
But Real Madrid won the game. This was bad news for _____.
Mourinho also talked about a young Barcelona player named Lamine _____.
Mourinho said he saw Yamal from _____ meters away during the game.
He said he looked at Yamal and _____ something about him.
Mourinho did not give more details about what he _____.
People are talking about this surprising _____ from Mourinho.
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