Referee Decisions Anger Real Madrid After Derby Loss
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Real Madrid played a big match against Atlético Madrid. People call this game the derby. The two teams are from the same city.
Real Madrid lost the game. The club says the referee made bad decisions. A referee is the person who controls the match.
The coach of Real Madrid is José Mourinho. He was very angry after the game. He said he did not want to think the bad decisions were planned.
Real Madrid TV is the club's own TV channel. It also spoke about the match. The channel said the decisions were very bad. It said people should leave LaLiga. LaLiga is the name of the Spanish football league.
Many fans are now talking about the referee. They think the referee's decisions changed the result of the game.
Vocabulary15 words
- derby
- a game between two teams from the same city
- referee
- the person who controls a sports game
- LaLiga
- the name of Spanish top football competition
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- official
- a person who works to control a game, like a referee
- decision
- a choice that someone makes
- match
- a game between two teams
- controversial
- something that makes people argue
- criticise
- to say something is bad
- channel
- a TV station
- angry
- feeling strong bad feelings
- result
- what happens at the end of a game
- club
- a sports team and its organisation
- fan
- a person who loves a team
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Answer key
1. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid 2. José Mourinho 3. False
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Real Madrid played a big match against Atlético Madrid. People call this game the _____.
Real Madrid lost the game. The club says the _____ made bad decisions.
The coach of Real Madrid is José _____. He was very angry after the game.
He said he did not want to think the bad decisions were _____.
Real Madrid TV is the club's own TV _____. It also spoke about the match.
The channel said the decisions were very bad. It said people should leave _____.
Many fans are now talking about the _____.
They think the referee's decisions changed the _____ of the game.
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