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
Answer key
1. Valencia CF 2. Carlos Corberán 3. Braulio Vázquez
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 _____.