Sorrento Beats Cavese 3-2; Bari Held to 0-0 by Potenza in Serie C
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Italy played football matches this week. The games were part of Serie C. Serie C is a football league in Italy. It is the third biggest league in the country.
One match was Sorrento against Cavese. Sorrento won the game. The score was 3-2. This means Sorrento scored three goals. Cavese scored two goals.
Another match was Bari against Potenza. This game ended 0-0. That is called a draw. No team scored any goals.
These games were part of the fifth matchday of the season. A matchday is one round of games in a league. The matches happened in the afternoon.
People in Italy watched the games on Sky television. Sky is a popular TV channel for sports.
Vocabulary15 words
- Serie C
- a football league in Italy; third level
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- score
- the number of goals each team gets
- draw
- when both teams get the same score; no winner
- matchday
- one day when many teams play their games
- TV channel
- a station you can watch on television
- football
- a sport where two teams try to kick a ball into a goal
- goal
- when the ball goes into the net; one point
- team
- a group of players who play together
- win
- to have more points than the other team
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- round
- a set of games played at the same time
- Italy
- a country in Europe
- match
- a game between two teams
- afternoon
- the part of the day after lunch
Quiz
Answer key
1. 3-2 2. Sorrento 3. No, it was a draw
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Italy played football matches this week. The games were part of _____. Serie C is a football league in Italy.
One match was Sorrento against Cavese. Sorrento _____ the game. The score was _____.
Another match was Bari against Potenza. This game ended _____. That is called a draw.
These games were part of the fifth _____ of the season. The matches happened in the _____.
People in Italy watched the games on _____ television.