Young Star JJ Gabriel Says His Dream Is to Win the Ballon d'Or
JJ Gabriel is a young football player. People call him the 'Kid Messi'. He talked to the newspaper MARCA.
JJ Gabriel said his dream is to win the Ballon d'Or. This is a big prize for the best football player in the world.
JJ Gabriel also talked about his new football club. He said: 'Obviously, Madrid.' This means he will play for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid got JJ Gabriel instead of another big club, Barcelona. A Real Madrid player named Bellingham helped with this.
Vocabulary15 words
- dream
- something you really want in the future
- Ballon d'Or
- a famous prize for the best football player
- Real Madrid
- a famous football team in Spain
- Barcelona
- another famous football team in Spain
- Bellingham
- a football player at Real Madrid
- fichaje
- when a player joins a new team (Spanish word)
- club
- a sports team that people play for
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- prize
- something you win for being very good
- newspaper
- paper with news stories
- talent
- natural skill at doing something
- young
- not old; new age
- team
- a group of people who play sport together
- big
- large or very important
- join
- to become part of a group
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Quiz
Answer key
1. To win the Ballon d'Or 2. Real Madrid 3. True
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JJ Gabriel is a young football player. People call him the _____.
He talked to the newspaper _____.
JJ Gabriel said his dream is to win the _____.
This is a big prize for the best football _____ in the world.
He said: 'Obviously, _____.' This means he will play for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid got JJ Gabriel instead of another big club, _____.
A Real Madrid player named _____ helped with this.
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