Palmeiras Faces Crisis Talk After Worst Run of the Year
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Palmeiras is a big football team in Brazil. Right now, the team is playing very badly. This is the worst run of games this year for Palmeiras. People are now talking about a crisis at the club.
Palmeiras needs a place in the Libertadores. This is a big football competition in South America. If Palmeiras gets a place, the bad talk may stop.
Marlon Freitas is a player for Palmeiras. He talked about the team's bad results. He said the players support the coach. His words were: 'We are together.'
The coach of Palmeiras is Abel Ferreira. People also call him just 'Abel.' He is not happy about the crisis talk. He had an angry talk with a reporter.
Abel does not like some stories in the news about his team. He called them 'narratives.' He said it feels like Palmeiras is in last place. But this is not true.
Vocabulary6 words
- crisis
- a very bad and difficult situation
- Libertadores
- a big South American football competition
- competition
- a contest between teams to win
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- reporter
- a person who writes news stories
- stories
- reports or articles in the news
Quiz
Answer key
1. Its worst run 2. A place in the Libertadores 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Palmeiras is a big football team in Brazil. Right now, the team is playing very _____. This is the worst _____ of games this year for Palmeiras. People are now talking about a _____ at the club.
Palmeiras needs a place in the _____. This is a big football competition in South America. If Palmeiras gets a place, the bad talk may _____.
Marlon Freitas is a _____ for Palmeiras. He talked about the team's bad results. He said the players support the coach. His words were: 'We are _____.'
The coach of Palmeiras is Abel Ferreira. People also call him just 'Abel.' He is not happy about the crisis talk. He had an angry talk with a _____.
Abel does not like some stories in the news about his team. He called them '_____.' He said it feels like Palmeiras is in last _____. But this is not true.