Sevilla Face Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga Match
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Sevilla FC played Rayo Vallecano today.
The match was part of LaLiga. LaLiga is the top football league in Spain.
The coach of Sevilla is García Plaza. A coach helps a team play well.
García Plaza talked about money for the club. He said some people wanted to give money to Sevilla.
He said if those people had joined the club, things would be different. The club's goal would change.
A goal is what a team wants to do. For example, a team can want to win the league.
Many fans watched the match live. Live means it happens now, not later.
People also watched it online. This is called watching in directo, which means live in Spanish.
The game was shown on TV and on the internet.
Fans hope their team will win and play well this season.
Vocabulary15 words
- LaLiga
- the main football competition in Spain
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- coach
- a person who trains a sports team
- goal
- something a team wants to achieve
- match
- a game between two teams
- in directo
- Spanish words meaning 'live', happening right now
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- money
- what people use to buy things
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- fans
- people who support a team
- team
- a group of players
- win
- to be the best in a game
- online
- using the internet
- join
- to become part of a group
- different
- not the same
Quiz
Answer key
1. Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano 2. The coach of Sevilla 3. People who wanted to give money to the club
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Sevilla FC played Rayo Vallecano _____.
The match was part of _____. LaLiga is the top football league in Spain.
The coach of Sevilla is _____. A coach helps a team play well.
García Plaza talked about _____ for the club.
He said if those people had _____ the club, things would be different.
Many fans watched the match _____.
People also watched it _____.
The game was shown on TV and on the _____.
Fans hope their team will _____ and play well this season.