Tempers Flare Between Donnarumma and Lukaku in Italy-Belgium Match
Italy played Belgium in football. Near the end of the game, players became angry. Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and Belgium's striker Romelu Lukaku had an argument. Lukaku made a gesture to the fans. This made Donnarumma angry. The two players stood face to face. Other players came to stop them. The moment was filmed on video. Many people talked about it after the game. It happened during the last minutes of the match. The game had already been tense before this moment.
Vocabulary15 words
- goalkeeper
- the player who stops the ball from going into the goal
- striker
- a player whose job is to score goals
- gesture
- a movement of the body or hands that shows a feeling
- tense
- feeling nervous or full of stress
- clash
- when two people argue or fight
- match
- a game between two teams
- fans
- people who support a team
- argument
- when people disagree loudly
- face to face
- standing very close, looking at each other
- moment
- a short point in time
- national team
- a team that plays for its country
- provoke
- to make someone angry on purpose
- video
- moving pictures that record something
- final minutes
- the last part of the game
- opponent
- the person or team you play against
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1. Donnarumma and Lukaku 2. A gesture by Lukaku 3. Near the end of the match
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Italy played _____ in football. Near the end of the game, players became _____. Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and Belgium's striker Romelu Lukaku had an _____. Lukaku made a _____ to the fans. This made Donnarumma _____. The two players stood face to _____. Other players came to _____ them. The moment was _____ on video. Many people talked about it after the _____. It happened during the last _____ of the match.
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