大神级--Curtain raiser

在世界杯和欧洲杯中正赛怎么说，鱼腩球队怎么说

take on什么意思？在本期你会知道答案。

Headlines

Not so friendly in Shanghai!

There were some strong challenges in Manchester United's friendly win against Tottenham.

Manchester United beat Tottenham 2-1 in the International Champions Cup in what is basically a friendly between the two teams. However, there were some tough tackles in the match and at one point the teams had to be separated by the referee. After the match, Spurs manager Mauricio Poccettinio apologised for the strong challenges from his players.

Wolves get off to a winning start!

Wolves have already started their season and are involved in Europa League qualifying.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have officially started their season with a 2-0 win against Crusaders of Northern Ireland. Wolves need to beat Crusaders and then another two teams, in Europa League qualifying, to get into the main draw. Diogo Jota’s fine finish and Ruben Vinagre’s late second got them over the line against the Northern Irish minnows.

Community Shield set to kick off new season

Manchester City won last season's Community Shield. Will they win it again this season?

Sunday the 4th of August will see Manchester City take on Liverpool in the official curtain-raiser for the new season. The Community Shield is the traditional match between the Premier League Champions and FA Cup winners at Wembley Stadium.

Vocabulary Alert

Football English

We looked at six pieces of football English that you can learn to improve your English. Take a look at the phrases in bold. Do you understand what they mean?

Manchester United beat Spurs in afriendlyin China last week.A friendly matchor just ‘a friendly’is a match between two teams that is not part of an official competition.

There were plenty oftough tacklesflying around in that Spurs - Manchester United match.A tough tackleis a tackle that is strong and possibly a little bit dangerous.

Only 32 countries qualified forthe main drawof the World Cup in Russia but over 100 countries tried to qualify.The main drawis a phrase that is used to describe the fixtures in the most important part of a competition.

Wolves beat the Irishminnows, Crusaders, by two goals to nil. The wordminnowis used to describe a small football team - one that plays in a lower league.

Next Sunday Liverpooltake onManchester City.To take onis a phrasal verb that means to challenge.

Cityand Liverpool will play the official curtain-raiser for the new season. A curtain-raiseris a small performance that happens before the main event and is used in a similar way in football. The Community Shield isthe curtain-raiserbefore the league season starts.

Diego Maradon and Ruud Gullit participating at the main draw for the World Cup in Russia.

Can you use the words in bold in a different sentence? Write a sentence at the bottom of the page. If you're not sure, listen to the audio for more explanations and examples.

Matchweek Awards

Do you agree with our choices?

Player of the Week:Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal)

Team of the Week:Manchester United

Goal of the Week:Diogo Jota (Wolves)

Nicolas Pepe has been signed by Arsenal this summer from Lille in France.

Predictions

Premier League Predictions: The Top Four

As we get ready for the new season many people will be making predictions about what is going to happen this season. Over the next few weeks, Rich will make a few predictions; which team is going to win the Premier League, which teams are going to do well and which teams are going to struggle. This week, Rich predicts the teams that will finish in the top four this season.

Do you agree with Rich's predictions? What's your opinion?

Let us know in the comments section at the bottom of the page.

The Community Shield is the traditional curtain raiser to the English football season.