Racing de Santander Face Villarreal in LaLiga Opening Match
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Racing de Santander played Villarreal in football. It was matchday 1 of LaLiga. LaLiga is the top football league in Spain. The match happened in Santander, Spain.
There was also another football game. Celta Fortuna played their first match in Segunda. Segunda is the second football league in Spain. The game was in Cádiz.
The score of that game was 0-0. This is called a draw. A draw means no team wins.
Ezkieta plays for Cádiz. He talked about a hard week for his team. He is a player at Cádiz CF.
Cádiz CF had some problems this week. We do not know all the details. But the week was not easy for the team.
Vocabulary15 words
- LaLiga
- the name of Spain's top football league
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- Segunda
- Spain's second football league, below LaLiga
- draw
- a game where no team wins
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- matchday
- a day when league games happen
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- team
- a group of players
- score
- the number of goals in a game
- goal
- when the ball goes in the net
- week
- seven days
- problem
- something bad or difficult
- top
- the highest or best
- match
- a game between two teams
- season
- the time when a sports competition happens
Quiz
Answer key
1. Villarreal 2. 0-0 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Racing de Santander played Villarreal in _____. It was matchday 1 of _____. LaLiga is the top football league in _____.
There was also another football game. Celta Fortuna played their first match in _____.
The score of that game was _____. This is called a draw.
_____ plays for Cádiz. He talked about a hard _____ for his team.
Cádiz CF had some _____ this week.