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Valencia CF Sacks Coach and Sporting Director

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Valencia CF is a football club in Spain. The club has made big changes. Valencia has fired the head coach, Carlos Corberán. The club has also fired the sporting director, Ron Gourlay. All the people who worked in the sports department also lost their jobs. Valencia has a new sporting director now. His name is Braulio Vázquez. He will start his new job soon. The club shared this news in an official statement. An official statement is a message from a company. It tells people important news. Many fans are talking about this news. They want to know who will be the new coach. Valencia has not said who the new coach will be yet.

Vocabulary7 words

club
a group of people who play a sport together
coach
a person who trains a sports team
fired
made someone leave their job
sporting director
a person who manages football decisions for a club
official statement
an important message from a company
department
a part of a company that does one type of work
appointed
chosen for a job

Quiz

1. What club made this announcement?
2. Who was fired as head coach?
3. Who is the new sporting director?

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

Valencia CF is a football club in _____. The club has made big _____. Valencia has fired the head coach, Carlos _____. The club has also fired the sporting director, Ron _____. All the people who worked in the sports _____ also lost their jobs. Valencia has a new sporting director now. His name is Braulio _____. He will start his new job soon. The club shared this news in an official _____. An official statement is a message from a _____. It tells people important news. Many fans are talking about this news. They want to know who will be the new _____.

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