Zidane Trusts "Smart" Planning to Manage France Players' Fitness
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Zinedine Zidane is the coach of the France football team. He wants to use smart plans for his players. He wants to manage how much the players run and play. This is called workload.
France will play a new game soon. They will play against Belgium. The game is at the Stade de France. This is a big stadium in Paris.
The game is part of the Nations League. This is a competition between European countries. It happens every year.
Zidane wants his players to stay healthy. He wants them to not get hurt. He thinks smart planning can help with this.
Many fans want to watch the game. They can watch it on TV. They can also watch it online.
Vocabulary15 words
- smart
- clever; using good thinking
- workload
- the amount of work or running a player does
- Stade de France
- a very big sports stadium in Paris
- stadium
- a big place where sports games happen
- Nations League
- a competition between European football teams
- competition
- a contest between teams or people
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- manage
- to control something carefully
- healthy
- in good physical condition
- hurt
- to have an injury
- planning
- thinking ahead about what to do
- fans
- people who support a team
- online
- on the internet
- test
- a difficult challenge
- new
- not old; happening now for the first time
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Answer key
1. Zinedine Zidane 2. Belgium 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Zinedine Zidane is the _____ of the France football team.
He wants to use smart plans to manage the players' _____.
France will play a new game against _____.
The game is at the _____ in Paris.
This is part of the Nations _____.
Zidane wants his players to stay _____.
He does not want them to get _____.
Fans can watch the game on TV or _____.
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