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1) What do you need to
play football? Fill in the following words:
ball – players – defenders – midfielders – strikers –
teams – goalkeeper – referee – rules – field – T-shirt – shorts – socks - shoes
The ground on which you
play is the football _______________ . You play with a round thing, a
_______________ . There are _______________ to follow. To play you need two
football _______________ . The football _______________ wear from top to
bottom: a _______________ , _______________ , _______________ and football
_______________ . There are three types of players: the players who defend are
the _______________ , the players who play in the middle of the field are the
__________________ and the ones who try to shoot the goals are the forwarders
or _______________ . The person who tries to prevent the goals to go in the
net is the _______________ . The person who leads the game is the
_______________ .


2) Find another word for …
football: s __ __ __ __ __
footballers or football p __
__ __ __ __ __
footballpitch or football
ground or football f __ __ __ __
football boot or football
s __ __ __
football match or football
g __ __ __
referee or a __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __

3) Connect. Verbinde.
release |
- |
Bombenschuss |
crossbar |
- |
Gleichstand |
score level |
- |
Kopfball |
2 : nil |
- |
Torschussmöglichkeit |
header |
- |
Torlatte |
shot against the bar |
- |
2 : Null |
scoring opportunity |
- |
Lattenschuss/Lattentreffer |
gentle ground shot |
- |
Roller |
bouncing shot |
- |
Ballbesitz |
possession |
- |
Freilaufen |

SOLUTIONS
1) What do you need to
play football?
field - ball - rules -
teams – players - T-shirt – shorts - socks – shoes – defenders - midfielders -
strikers - goalkeeper - referee

2) What is another word for …
soccer – players – field –
shoe – game - arbitrator

3) Connect. Verbinde.
release |
- |
Freilaufen |
crossbar |
- |
Torlatte |
score level |
- |
Gleichstand |
2 : nil |
- |
2 : Null |
header |
- |
Kopfball |
shot against the bar |
- |
Lattenschuss/Lattentreffer |
scoring opportunity |
- |
Torschussmöglichkeit |
gentle ground shot |
- |
Roller |
bouncing shot |
- |
Bombenschuss |
possession |
- |
Ballbesitz |

4) Crossword:
Across:
1. penality kick - 4. world cup- 5. coach -
7. shot - 9. whistle - 10. defeat -
11. throw in - 12. offside
Down:
1. pass - 2. yellow card - 3. foul - 6.
- corner - 8. red card -
13. scoreboard
(to the futbol-crossword)