Palmeiras Faces Red Bull Bragantino in Paulistão Match
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Palmeiras will play Red Bull Bragantino this Wednesday.
The match is on the 26th.
It is part of the Paulistão F Petrobras.
The Paulistão is a football tournament in São Paulo.
This is round seven of the tournament.
A place in the knockout stage is at stake.
The knockout stage is called 'mata-mata' in Portuguese.
In this stage, teams can lose and go home.
RECORD NEWS will show the game on TV.
Many fans want to know the lineups.
A lineup is the list of players who start a game.
Fans also want to know where to watch the match.
Palmeiras and Bragantino are both big Brazilian teams.
The game is important for both clubs.
Fans are excited for this match.
Vocabulary7 words
- Paulistão
- a football competition in the state of São Paulo
- tournament
- a sports competition with many teams
- round
- one part of a competition
- knockout stage
- the part of a competition where a team can lose and leave
- mata-mata
- a Portuguese word for the knockout stage
- RECORD NEWS
- a Brazilian TV news channel
- lineups
- the players who start a game
Quiz
Answer key
1. Palmeiras and Red Bull Bragantino 2. A place in the knockout stage 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Palmeiras will play Red Bull _____ this Wednesday.
The match is on the _____.
It is part of the Paulistão F _____.
This is _____ seven of the tournament.
A place in the _____ stage is at stake.
In this stage, teams can lose and go _____.
_____ will show the game on TV.
Many fans want to know the _____.
A lineup is the list of _____ who start a game.
Palmeiras and Bragantino are both big _____ teams.