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hey everybody welcome to this a one

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English listening practice video you can

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use this video to practice your

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listening and comprehension as I speak

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before we start remember to subscribe to

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us on Instagram you ready so today I'm

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gonna talk about soccer this is a really

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popular topic because many people love

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soccer soccer is the most popular sport

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in the world it's the most important

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sport in the world let's talk first

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about the rules of soccer

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the objective of the game is to score

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more goals than the other team if your

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team scores more goals than the other

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team your team wins and the other team

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loses but it's not easy to score goals

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it's hard each team has defenders who

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try to stop you from scoring goals

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midfielders are the players that play in

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the middle of the field they have to run

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a lot

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I never liked being a midfielder because

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I can't run a lot the players that

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usually score goals are called forwards

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being a forward is fun because scoring

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goals is fun also each team has a

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goalkeeper the goalkeeper can use his

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hands and his whole body to defend the

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goal in total each team has 11 players

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on the field now let's talk about

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soccers popularity in most countries

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soccer is the biggest sport most cities

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have a local soccer team and the people

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support their city's team there are also

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national teams every four years national

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teams compete for the World Cup during

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this time everyone supports their kind

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trees team some nations are very good

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like Germany France and Brazil other

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nations are not so good the US doesn't

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have a very good team because soccer is

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not very popular in the u.s. most

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Americans prefer other sports like

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American football basketball and

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baseball

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many children play soccer in the US but

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not many people enjoy watching soccer I

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played soccer when I was a child and it

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was fun for me I liked being a forward

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because I wanted to score goals I don't

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play soccer now though ok lastly let's

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talk about soccer leagues around the

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world most countries have a domestic

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soccer league with local teams some

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famous soccer leagues include the

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English Premier League La Liga and Spain

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Bundesliga in Germany and sedia ah and

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Italy these leagues have some very good

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teams some of the best teams in the

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world include rau Madrid Barcelona

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Liverpool Bayern Munich and Juventus in

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the past I really liked watching

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Cristiano Ronaldo

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play I watched him play for rounded rid

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Juventus and Portugal my favourite

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matches are the Champions League matches

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the Champions League is the highest

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competition for European teams every

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year in the Champions League the best

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teams in the world play against each

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other it's always really exciting

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nowadays I'm not really interested in

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sports anymore but once in a while

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I like watching soccer alright that's

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all for today leave a comment and tell

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me

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who your favorite soccer team is and

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