Villarreal Thrash Manacor in Copa del Rey
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Villarreal played a football match against Manacor. The game was in the Copa del Rey. This is a big football competition in Spain.
Manacor is the home town of the Nadal family. Rafael Nadal, the famous tennis player, is from there.
Villarreal won the match very easily. The team scored many goals. This kind of big win is called a rout.
Villarreal is also called 'El Submarino' or 'The Submarine.' This is the team's nickname.
Many young players from Villarreal's academy played well in the game. An academy is where young players learn and get better.
The team played in a serious way. They did not lose focus during the match.
This win helps Villarreal in the tournament. A tournament is a series of games to find a winner.
Vocabulary15 words
- Copa del Rey
- a big football competition in Spain
- competition
- a contest between teams or people
- tennis
- a sport played with a ball and racket
- goals
- points scored in a football game
- rout
- a very easy, big win
- nickname
- a short, fun name for someone or something
- academy
- a school where young players learn a sport
- focus
- giving full attention to something
- tournament
- a series of games to find a winner
- match
- a game between two teams
- famous
- known by many people
- serious
- not playful; careful and focused
- scored
- got points in a game
- players
- people who play a sport
- win
- to be the best or first in a game
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1. Manacor 2. El Submarino 3. Rafael Nadal
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Villarreal played a football match against _____. The game was in the Copa del Rey.
Manacor is the home town of the _____ family.
Villarreal won the match very _____. The team scored many goals.
Villarreal is also called 'El _____' or 'The Submarine.'
Many young players from Villarreal's _____ played well in the game.
The team played in a _____ way. They did not lose focus.
This win helps Villarreal in the _____.
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