hey everybody welcome to this a one English listening practice video you can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak before we start remember to subscribe to the channel click on the bell and follow us on Instagram you ready so today I'm gonna talk about soccer this is a really popular topic because many people love soccer soccer is the most popular sport in the world it's the most important sport in the world let's talk first about the rules of soccer the objective of the game is to score more goals than the
other team if your team scores more goals than the other team your team wins and the other team loses but it's not easy to score goals it's hard each team has defenders who try to stop you from scoring goals midfielders are the players that play in the middle of the field they have to run a lot I never liked being a midfielder because I can't run a lot the players that usually score goals are called forwards being a forward is fun because scoring goals is fun also each team has a goalkeeper the goalkeeper can use
his hands and his whole body to defend the goal in total each team has 11 players on the field now let's talk about soccers popularity in most countries soccer is the biggest sport most cities have a local soccer team and the people support their city's team there are also national teams every four years national teams compete for the World Cup during this time everyone supports their kind trees team some nations are very good like Germany France and Brazil other nations are not so good the US doesn't have a very good team because soccer is not
very popular in the u.s. most Americans prefer other sports like American football basketball and baseball many children play soccer in the US but not many people enjoy watching soccer I played soccer when I was a child and it was fun for me I liked being a forward because I wanted to score goals I don't play soccer now though ok lastly let's talk about soccer leagues around the world most countries have a domestic soccer league with local teams some famous soccer leagues include the English Premier League La Liga and Spain Bundesliga in Germany and sedia ah
and Italy these leagues have some very good teams some of the best teams in the world include rau Madrid Barcelona Liverpool Bayern Munich and Juventus in the past I really liked watching Cristiano Ronaldo play I watched him play for rounded rid Juventus and Portugal my favourite matches are the Champions League matches the Champions League is the highest competition for European teams every year in the Champions League the best teams in the world play against each other it's always really exciting nowadays I'm not really interested in sports anymore but once in a while I like watching
soccer alright that's all for today leave a comment and tell me who your favorite soccer team is and remember to subscribe to the channel click on the bell and follow us on Instagram for more English tips and lessons I'll see you next time [Music] [Applause] [Music]
