lexis4u: Football Teams

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 253 v.0.1

first team |n| the set of players in the club that participate in competitions; the players not included in the first team are called reserves.
B team |n| the reserve team of a club or national team.
national team |n| the set of soccer players that represent a country in international competitions; only a citizen of a country can be called into the national team.
man short |n| a term used to describe a team that players with one player less after a send-off.
group of death |n| a group in a football tournament where the number of strong competitors is higher than the rest of the groups.
XI |n| a roman numeral which denotes the eleven best players of a club who are expected to be fielded most often.
works team |n| a football team run or administered by a company; this type of team is no longer popular these days are most teams are now “commercial” but most clubs in the English football system started as works team, such as Arsenal and Manchester United (Arsenal was formed by armaments workers while Manchester United was started by railroad workers as Newton Heath).

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