PSG Faces News About Star Player Ousmane Dembélé
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PSG is a big football team from Paris.
There is news about a player named Ousmane Dembélé. People are talking about a serious update on him.
Football experts also talk about other PSG players. One expert, Pierre Ménès, gave strong criticism about a player named Lucas Hernandez.
Another expert, Jérôme Rothen, talked about the best lineup for PSG. A lineup is the group of players who start a game.
Rothen said he knows which eleven players should play in big matches.
PSG has many important games this year. Fans want to know who will play.
The team's coach must choose the best players for each match.
News about players like Dembélé is important for fans.
Experts often give their opinion about football teams.
People wait to hear more news about the team.
Vocabulary15 words
- PSG
- a famous football team from Paris, France
- criticism
- saying what is bad about something
- lineup
- the players who start a game
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- verdict
- a final decision or judgment
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- match
- a game between two teams
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- team
- a group of people who play sports together
- opinion
- what a person thinks
- important
- something that matters a lot
- news
- new information about something
- fan
- a person who loves a team or player
- eleven
- the number 11, the size of a football team on the field
- serious
- not funny; very important
Quiz
Answer key
1. PSG 2. Lucas Hernandez 3. The players who start a game
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
_____ is a big football team from Paris.
There is news about a player named Ousmane _____. People are talking about a serious update on him.
Football experts also talk about other PSG players. One expert, Pierre Ménès, gave strong _____ about a player named Lucas Hernandez.
Another expert, Jérôme Rothen, talked about the best _____ for PSG.
Rothen said he knows which _____ players should play in big matches.
PSG has many important games this year. _____ want to know who will play.
The team's _____ must choose the best players for each match.
News about players like Dembélé is important for _____.
Experts often give their _____ about football teams.