Verona Face Ascoli in Serie B Match
Hellas Verona played against Ascoli. The match was in Serie B. This is a big football league in Italy.
The game was at the Bentegodi stadium. This is Verona's home ground. Verona wants to win. They want to go up to Serie A
Serie A is the top football league in Italy. Verona wants to play there next year. This match was important for them.
Before the game, both teams gave their lineups. A lineup is the list of players who play. Fans can read this list online.
People watched the match live. There was also a live text report. This tells fans what happens during the game, step by step.
Vocabulary15 words
- Serie B
- the second biggest football league in Italy
- Serie A
- the top, most important football league in Italy
- Bentegodi
- the name of Verona's football stadium
- lineup
- the list of players who play in a game
- live text
- words that tell you what is happening in a game right now
- stadium
- a big place where people watch sports
- match
- a game between two teams
- home ground
- the stadium where a team usually plays
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- kick-off
- the start of a football game
- official
- real and correct, given by the right people
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- promotion
- moving up to a better league
- club
- a sports team and its organization
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1. Verona and Ascoli 2. The second football league in Italy 3. At the Bentegodi stadium
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Hellas Verona played against _____. The match was in Serie _____. This is a big football league in Italy.
The game was at the _____ stadium. This is Verona's home ground. Verona wants to win. They want to go up to Serie _____.
Serie A is the _____ football league in Italy. Verona wants to play there next year. This match was _____ for them.
Before the game, both teams gave their _____. A lineup is the list of players who play. Fans can read this list _____.
People watched the match live. There was also a live text _____. This tells fans what happens during the game, step by step.
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