Underdogs upset Galacticos
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Real Madrid are out of the King's Cup
The Galacticos score only one goal in the Bernabéu
Two weeks ago the Alcorcón from the Segunda B division had a four nil win at their home ground, and the Real Madrid guns were out for the return leg at the Bernabéu on Tuesday night, but with Pellegrini’s side needing five goals to remain in the competition they could score no more than one.It was still goalless at half time, and the always critical home crowd started to call, with whistles and handkerchiefs, for the resignation of the Chilean manager.
The single goal from Van der Vaart in the second half, in the 80th minute, was little comfort for the fans.
The result takes sport onto the front pages of Spain this morning, and as Público puts it – ‘A fascinating failure’.
Real Madrid therefore knocked out of the King’s Cup before the last 16 for the second consecutive year.
Now the post mortem will start, and it has already emerged that Sergio Ramos was not called to play as the club mistakenly thought that he was under a sanction, when in fact he wasn’t.
And to make matters worse for the Real Madrid fans, arch rivals Barcelona went out and scored those five goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo remains out injured from the side. Yesterday he travelled to Portugal, called by his national side, but once there the Portuguese doctors confirmed the diagnosis and said he could not play. The player is now back in Madrid.
Source: typicallyspanish.com
Were you happy that the underdogs won?
Are you usually happy when the underog wins?
Vocabulary Practice:
Here are the definitions of words and expressions from the above text. They are taken from the Cambridge Dictionary. Complete the example sentences with one of them in the correct form.
- a particular stage of a journey, competition or activity e.g. The last ______ of the race was Paris to London.
- noun. when someone or something does not succeed e.g. The meeting was a complete/total ______.
- a square piece of cloth used for cleaning the nose or drying the eyes when they are wet with tears e.g. She took out her ______ and blew her nose loudly.
- hurt or physically harmed e.g. She was told to stay in her bed to rest her ______ back.
- nothing e.g. The challengers lost the game seven-______.
- either of two periods of time into which a game is divided e.g. The first ______ was much more exciting than the second.
- to defeat a person or a team in a competition so that they can no longer take part in it e.g. The champion was unexpectedly ______ the tournament in the first round.
- used to say that something has made a bad or difficult situation xxxxx e.g. Three of our players were ill, and ______, our main scorer had broken his ankle.
Comments
It´s true that everybody makes happy when underdogs beat big teams. I don´t know if this thing is because of the big team loses or because of the small team wins. It´s possible that it was because of both things. However, there are a lot of people who prefer that the big team wins always, especially if this team is his favourite team. This kind of people only support the winner team. I know the majority follow the team which wins often, so many people are supporters of the Real Madrid in Spain.
Sometimes, the Real Madrid loses the game in its home ground and sometimes it doesn´t score, neither in the first half, nor in the second half. Its mach finishes with none goals, such as five nil. Sometimes, its supporters boo his team and show handkerchiefs because they are disagree with the way what the Real Madrid plays. Often, the Real Madrid leaves knocked out the competition but after it he comes back to win another tournament. It´s like the Phoenix that it rises from its ashes.
Vocabulary Practice:
1.- Lap/leg
2.- Failure
3.- Handkerchief
4.- Sore
5.- Nil
6.- Half
7.- Knocked out of
8.- To make matters worse
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Isn't it boring how the same two or three clubs win the trophies? May there be many more upsets.
It´s true that it makes everybody happy (make sb = verb/adj) when underdogs beat big teams. I don´t know if this is because the big team loses or because the small team wins. It´s possible that it is / It might be because of both things. However, there are a lot of people who always prefer the big team to win, especially if this team is his favourite team. This kind of people only support the winning team. I know the majority follow the team which wins often, so many people are supporters of Real Madrid in Spain.
Sometimes, Real Madrid loses the game in its home ground and sometimes it doesn´t score, neither in the first half, nor in the second half. They finish the match without scoring, perhaps losing five nil. Sometimes, its supporters boo their team and show handkerchiefs because they disagree with the way that Real Madrid plays. Often, Real Madrid is knocked out of the competition but then goes on to win another tournament. It´s like the Phoenix that rises from the ashes.
Vocabulary Practice:
1. leg