Palermo name squad for Sampdoria match
Palermo is a football team in Italy. Sampdoria is also a football team. The two teams will play each other. This is a match in Serie B. Serie B is a big football league in Italy.
Palermo has chosen its squad for the game. A squad is the list of players. The club shared this list on its website. Fans want to know who will play.
This match is part of matchday three. A matchday is one round of games in the league. Many teams play their matches on this day.
Before the game, people talk about the match. They look at the odds. Odds show which team might win. People also look at ticket prices for other games.
Vocabulary15 words
- squad
- the group of players chosen for a match
- odds
- numbers that show how likely something is to happen
- Serie B
- a big football league in Italy
- matchday
- one day when many teams in a league play games
- fixture
- a planned sports match
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- league
- a group of teams that play each other
- ticket
- a paper or code you need to enter a game
- club
- an organization for a sports team
- analysis
- careful study of something
- prediction
- a guess about what will happen
- round
- one part of a competition
- competition
- an event where teams try to win
- player
- a person who plays in the game
- website
- a place on the internet with information
Quiz
Answer key
1. A football team 2. The squad list for the match 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Palermo is a football team in _____. Sampdoria is also a football team. The two teams will play each other. This is a match in Serie B. Serie B is a big football _____ in Italy.
Palermo has chosen its _____ for the game. A squad is the list of players. The club shared this list on its _____. Fans want to know who will play.
This match is part of _____ three. A matchday is one round of games in the league. Many teams play their matches on this day.
Before the game, people talk about the match. They look at the _____. Odds show which team might win. People also look at _____ prices for other games.