Raúl González Leaves Real Madrid Role to Become Oviedo Coach
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Raúl González is a famous former football player. He played for Real Madrid for many years. Later, he worked for the club as a coach.
Now, Raúl has left Real Madrid. He has a new job. He is the new coach of Real Oviedo. Oviedo is a football team in Spain.
Raúl talked about his new job at a presentation. A presentation is a public event for news. He said he was happy to start work again.
He said he did not train a team for some time. To train means to help players get better. He said he wanted a team with tradition. Tradition means old and important history.
Raúl said, "It is very good to be active again." Active means working and busy. Many football fans want to know how Raúl will do at Oviedo.
Vocabulary15 words
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- presentation
- a public event to show something new
- train
- to help players practice and get better
- tradition
- old and important history or ways
- active
- working and busy, not stopping
- former
- in the past, but not now
- signed
- agreed to a new job with papers
- fans
- people who love and support a team
- famous
- known by many people
- club
- a sports team organization
- head coach
- the main leader of a sports team
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- news
- information about new events
- ilusión
- strong hope and happy feeling
- choose
- to pick one thing
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1. Real Madrid 2. Coach of Real Oviedo 3. True
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Raúl González is a famous former football _____. He played for Real Madrid for many years. Later, he worked for the club as a _____.
Now, Raúl has left Real Madrid. He has a new _____. He is the new coach of Real _____.
Raúl talked about his new job at a _____. He said he was happy to start work again.
He said he did not _____ a team for some time. He said he wanted a team with _____.
Raúl said, "It is very good to be _____ again." Many football fans want to know how Raúl will do at Oviedo.
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