On this week’s review section we look back at some of the news from last week’s football in the Premier League and La Liga. You can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below.
A Subscribe: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
A Good
It was smiles all round a the Bernabeu as Real Madrid secured their first Supercopa win with 4-4 away goals victory over Barcelona, their La Liga rivals. This bit of silverware will make up for their disappointing loss last week to Getafe. Higuain and Ronaldo scored for Madrid early in the first half and their team hung on to win the second leg 2-1. Not a bad start for their new signing Luka Modric, who came on as a sub and picked up a medal in his first game.
Bad
Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel will not want to remember his back pass in The Reds’ game against the league champions, Manchester City. Liverpool where leading 2-1, and looking like sealing an impressive victory, when the Slovakian defender, under no real pressure, tried to get the ball back to his goalkeeper only to see his tame pass fall at the feet of Carlos Tevez, who tucked the ball away to deny Liverpool the three points.
Ugly
Manchester United forward, Wayne Rooney, picked up an ugly gash in his sides game against London side, Fulham. The combative striker picked up the injury after going into a challenge with Rodallega. It looks likely he will be ruled out for at least a month
Vocabulary
silverware: a trophy; a championship
hung on: survived; lasted; persisted; kept their advantage
leg: one game of two; one match out of two in a competition
(a) sub: a substitute; a player who starts on the bench
seal: to confirm; to make sure; to make certain
tame: weak; lacking conviction
tuck the ball away: to score with an accurate shot
picked up: received; got
(a) gash: a deep cut (usually preceded by ‘ugly’ or ‘nasty’)
ruled out: be considered unable to play
