Real Madrid Struggle to Close Out Games Despite Having Chances
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Real Madrid played a football game against Elche. The game was not easy for Real Madrid. One player who does not play many games helped the team. He stopped Real Madrid from losing.
After the game, people talked about Jose Mourinho. He is a football manager. He said something about teams like Real Madrid. He said: "In these games, we have chances to finish them off, but we don't." This means the team can score more goals, but they do not do it.
A Real Madrid player named Valverde also talked. He has now played 250 games in LaLiga for Real Madrid. LaLiga is the top football league in Spain. Valverde said he wants to make more history at Real Madrid. He said Real Madrid is the best club in the world.
Vocabulary15 words
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- LaLiga
- the name of the top football competition in Spain
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- chance
- a good moment to do something
- finish off
- to end a game by winning it clearly
- signing
- a new player who joins a team
- overlooked
- not given much attention
- disaster
- something very bad that happens
- rating
- a score that shows how well someone played
- appearance
- one time a player plays in a game
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- history
- important things that happen over time
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- goal
- when a team scores a point in football
- match
- a game between two teams
Quiz
Answer key
1. A player who does not play many games 2. They have chances but do not finish games off 3. 250