Ramos scores first Milan goal as club beats Venezia and remembers Baresi
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AC Milan defeated Venezia in a Serie A football match at the San Siro stadium.
Before kickoff, the club held a farewell for Rafael Leao, a Portuguese player who is leaving Milan.
The match was also used to honor Franco Baresi, a legendary former Milan defender known for his long career at the club.
The main story of the game was Gonçalo Ramos, a new Portuguese striker, who scored his first goal for Milan.
According to reports, Ramos said it feels easy to play for Milan, showing his confidence in the new team.
Following the goal, Ramos offered to pay for a team dinner. This is a common tradition in football when a player scores their first goal for a club.
Fans and reporters are already saying that Milan may have found their new "number nine", a term used for the main goal-scoring striker.
In the match ratings, called "pagelle" in Italian, Ramos received a strong score of 6.5 out of 10. The report described him as very effective at scoring, using the phrase "serial eater" of goals, and noted that San Siro fans sang for him after the match.
Not every player had a good game. Cisse struggled to hit the target with his shots, while Loftus-Cheek, an English midfielder, did not create much for his team.
The win is a positive result for Milan as the season continues, with Ramos now seen as a key player for the attack.
Vocabulary9 words
- striker
- a player whose main job is to score goals
- kickoff
- the moment a football match starts
- farewell
- an event to say goodbye to someone
- legendary
- very famous and admired for a long time
- tradition
- something people often do, like a custom
- ratings
- scores that show how well someone performed
- pagelle
- an Italian word for player ratings after a match
- midfielder
- a player who plays in the middle of the field
- confidence
- a feeling of trust in your own ability
Quiz
Answer key
1. They said goodbye to Leao and honored Baresi 2. He offered to pay for a team dinner 3. 6.5
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
AC Milan defeated Venezia in a Serie A football match at the _____ stadium.
Before kickoff, the club held a farewell for _____, a Portuguese player who is leaving Milan.
The match was also used to honor _____, a legendary former Milan defender.
The main story of the game was _____, a new Portuguese striker, who scored his first goal for Milan.
Following the goal, Ramos offered to pay for a team _____, a common tradition after a first goal.
Fans are already saying that Milan may have found their new "number _____".
In the match ratings, Ramos received a strong score of _____ out of 10.
Cisse struggled to hit the target with his shots, while _____, an English midfielder, did not create much for his team.