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Real Madrid Women Draw With FC Badalona

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Real Madrid played a football game at home. The game was at the Di Stéfano stadium. Real Madrid played against FC Badalona. The two teams are women's teams. They play in the Liga F. Liga F is the top women's football league in Spain.

The game finished as a draw. A draw means no team won. Both teams got one point.

A player named Irina also had bad news. She is now injured. This means she cannot play football now. Many Real Madrid players are injured. People call this an injury crisis. Injured players cannot help their team.

Real Madrid fans want good news soon. The team hopes players get better fast.

Vocabulary15 words

stadium
a big place where people watch sports
draw
a game where no one wins
league
a group of teams that play against each other
injured
hurt; cannot play because of this
injury crisis
when too many players are hurt at one time
point
a number teams get for winning or drawing
fans
people who like and support a team
home
a team's own stadium
top
the best or highest level
women's team
a sports team made of women
football
a sport with a ball and two teams
player
a person who plays a sport
team
a group of people who play a sport together
news
new information about something
game
a sports match between two teams

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Quiz

1. Where did the game take place?
2. What was the result of the game?
3. What happened to Irina?

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Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

Real Madrid played a football game at _____. The game was at the Di Stéfano _____. Real Madrid played against FC _____. The two teams are women's teams. They play in the _____ F.

The game finished as a _____. A draw means no team _____. Both teams got one point.

A player named _____ also had bad news. She is now _____. This means she cannot play football now. Many Real Madrid players are injured. People call this an injury _____.

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