Vasco to Face Santa Fe in Copa Sudamericana Semifinal
Listen to the story
Vasco is a football team from Brazil. Santa Fe is a football team from Colombia. The two teams will play each other soon.
This game is part of the Copa Sudamericana. This is a big football competition in South America. Many teams from different countries play in it.
The game is a semifinal. This means only a few teams are left in the competition. The winner of this game will go to the final.
People can watch the game live. This means they can watch it when it happens, not later.
The final of the competition will happen soon too. People who want to go to the final can now sign up to buy tickets. This is called pre-registration. You sign up early before tickets are sold.
You can sign up on the website of Conmebol. Conmebol is the group that runs football in South America.
Fans are excited to see who will win. The winner will play in the big final match.
Vocabulary8 words
- Vasco
- a football team from Brazil
- Copa Sudamericana
- a big football competition for South American teams
- competition
- an event where teams try to win
- semifinal
- a game near the end of a competition
- live
- happening now, not recorded
- tickets
- paper or code you need to enter a game
- pre-registration
- signing up early, before something starts
- Conmebol
- the group that runs South American football
Quiz
Answer key
1. Vasco and Santa Fe 2. — 3. On the Conmebol website
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
_____ is a football team from Brazil.
Santa Fe is a football team from _____.
This game is part of the Copa _____.
The game is a _____.
People can watch the game _____.
People who want to go to the final can now sign up to buy _____.
This is called _____.
You can sign up on the website of _____.