Valencia vs Betis: Home Team Wants First Win at Mestalla
Listen to the story
Valencia will play Real Betis in a football match.
The game is at the Mestalla stadium. Mestalla is the home stadium of Valencia.
Valencia has not won a game at Mestalla this season. The team wants its first victory there.
People want to know the lineup for both teams. A lineup is the list of players who will play.
The match will be shown on TV. Fans can watch it at home.
This is a big game for both teams. Valencia wants to win at home.
Betis will try to stop Valencia from winning.
Football fans are excited for the match.
Vocabulary15 words
- Mestalla
- the name of Valencia's football stadium
- victory
- a win in a game
- lineup
- the list of players who will play in a match
- TV
- television; a way to watch shows and games
- stadium
- a big place where sports games happen
- match
- a game between two teams
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- team
- a group of players who play together
- fans
- people who like and watch a sport or team
- home
- the stadium where a team usually plays
- away
- not at your own stadium; at the other team's place
- player
- a person who plays in a game
- win
- to be the best in a game
- watch
- to look at something, like a game
- excited
- feeling happy about something coming soon
Quiz
Answer key
1. Mestalla 2. Its first win 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Valencia will play Real Betis in a football _____.
The game is at the _____ stadium.
Valencia has not won a game at Mestalla this _____.
The team wants its first _____ there.
People want to know the _____ for both teams.
The match will be shown on _____.
Fans can _____ it at home.
This is a big game for both _____.
Betis will try to stop Valencia from _____.
Football _____ are excited for the match.