Napoli Players Speak Out After Criticism Inside the Club
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Napoli is a famous football team in Italy. Right now, there is a problem inside the team.
Matteo Politano is a Napoli player. He talks to journalists after games. He said only Italian players do interviews after Napoli loses. He said he feels angry about this.
Politano said he cannot explain why the team is losing. He said he is very angry.
Rasmus Hojlund is another Napoli player. He is not Italian. He said the whole club must think about its problems. He said everyone must look at themselves.
This shows there is a problem between some players at Napoli. Fans and journalists are now watching this story closely.
Vocabulary12 words
- divided
- not together; split into groups
- interview
- when a journalist asks someone questions
- furious
- very, very angry
- teammate
- a person who plays on your team
- reflect
- to think carefully about something
- critic
- a person who says what is wrong
- loss
- when a team does not win a game
- club
- a sports team and its organisation
- journalist
- a person who writes news
- respond
- to answer
- problem
- something that is wrong
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Answer key
1. Only Italian players do them 2. Angry 3. Reflect on its problems
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Napoli is a famous football team in _____. Right now, there is a problem inside the team.
Matteo Politano is a Napoli _____. He talks to journalists after games.
He said only _____ players do interviews after Napoli loses.
He said he feels _____ about this.
Politano said he cannot explain why the team is _____.
Rasmus Hojlund is another Napoli player. He is not _____.
He said the whole club must think about its _____.
He said everyone must look at _____.
This shows there is a problem between some _____ at Napoli.
Fans and journalists are now watching this _____ closely.
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