River Plate Face Independiente Rivadavia in Torneo Clausura, Montiel Scores
River Plate played a football match today. They played against Independiente Rivadavia. People call this team 'La Lepra' from Mendoza. The game was part of the Torneo Clausura. This is a big football tournament in Argentina.
A River player named Montiel scored a goal. Fans were happy about this goal. The match was shown live. This means people could watch it as it happened.
The River coach is Ponzio. He is the coach of the team. He did not change his team. He used the same lineup as the last game. River won their last game. That game was in the south of Argentina.
This match was special. It was a return after 1,371 days. This means a very long time passed. Fans waited a long time for this game to happen again.
Vocabulary6 words
- Torneo Clausura
- a football competition in Argentina
- tournament
- a sports competition with many games
- live
- happening now, in real time
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- lineup
- the group of players who play in a game
- return
- coming back after being away
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1. Montiel 2. Torneo Clausura 3. No
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River Plate played a football match today. They played against Independiente Rivadavia. People call this team 'La Lepra' from _____. The game was part of the Torneo _____. This is a big football tournament in Argentina.
A River player named _____ scored a goal. Fans were happy about this goal. The match was shown _____. This means people could watch it as it happened.
The River coach is _____. He is the coach of the team. He did not change his team. He used the same _____ as the last game. River won their last game. That game was in the _____ of Argentina.
This match was special. It was a return after _____ days. This means a very long time passed. Fans waited a long time for this game to happen again.
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