Real Madrid Sells Jacobo Ortega to Strasbourg
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Real Madrid is a big football club in Spain.
The club made an official announcement about a player.
His name is Jacobo Ortega.
Real Madrid sold him to a new club.
The new club is called Strasbourg.
Strasbourg is a football club in France.
Real Madrid got 10 million euros for the player.
This is called a transfer in football.
A transfer happens when a player moves to a new club.
The club pays money for the player.
Jacobo Ortega will now play for Strasbourg.
He will not play for Real Madrid anymore.
This news came from the Real Madrid website.
Fans can read about it there.
Vocabulary15 words
- official
- true and given by an important group
- euros
- money used in many parts of Europe
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new football club
- club
- a team that people play sports for
- announcement
- news that a group tells people
- sold
- gave something for money
- million
- a very big number: 1,000,000
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- France
- a country in Europe
- Spain
- a country in Europe
- website
- a place on the internet with information
- news
- new information about something
- team
- a group of people who play together
- money
- what people use to buy things
- football
- a sport played with a ball and feet
Quiz
Answer key
1. Real Madrid 2. 10 million euros 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Real Madrid is a big football club in _____.
The club made an official _____ about a player.
His name is Jacobo _____.
Real Madrid sold him to a new club.
The new club is called _____.
Strasbourg is a football club in _____.
Real Madrid got 10 _____ euros for the player.
This is called a _____ in football.
Jacobo Ortega will now play for _____.
This news came from the Real Madrid _____.