Football: More Than Just a GameCEFR A2
25 May 2025
Adapted from Reza Talebi, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Hadi Yazdi Aznaveh, Unsplash
Football is more than a sport. It connects people to their memories and culture. For many fans, it is a way to show emotions like happiness and anger. In Portugal, under Antonio Salazar, football was very important for the government.
Some writers, like Javier Marías, talk about football in their books. He believes that football can help us remember our childhood.
Difficult words
- connect — join people or things togetherconnects
- memory — something you remember from the pastmemories
- culture — ideas, customs, and arts of a group
- emotion — a strong feeling like joy or angeremotions
- government — the people who run a country or state
- writer — a person who writes books or storieswriters
- childhood — the time when someone is a child
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Discussion questions
- Do you feel emotions when you watch football? Which ones?
- Did you play football in your childhood? Say one memory.
- Why might a government care about football?
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