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Unit-3 Sports

Euro 2020

 

Before you read?

a. What does UEFA stand for?

Ans:- UEFA stands of Union of European Football Association.

 

b. How many teams competed in Euro Cup 2020?

Ans:- The total 24 teams competed in Euro Cup 2020.

Group A: (Rome/Baku): Turkey, Italy, Wales, Switzerland

Group B: (Copenhagen/St Petersburg): Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Russia

Group C: (Amsterdam/Bucharest): Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, North Macedonia

Group D: (London/Glasgow): England, Croatia, Scotland, Czech Republic

Group E: (Seville/St Petersburg): Spain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia

Group F: (Munich/Budapest): Hungary, Portugal, France, Germany

 

c. Which is your favorite team? Why?

Ans:- Italy is my favorite team because it has the best goal keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who had made crucial saves.

 

News story about EURO CUP 2020 (UEFA Euro 2020), the 16th UEFA European Championship

 

Headline: Italy wins Euro 2020, beats England in penalty shoot-out

Byline: Associate Press

Place: London

Date:  July 12,

 

(Lead, body, tail)

 

Lead:  (most important facts)

Introduction:  Italian's soocers' redemption story is complete; England's painful half century wait for major title goes (because of penalty shootout)

 

Answers 5WH:

Who:Italy

What: Wining of the European Championship (Euro Cup 2020)

Where: Wembley Stadium

When: Sunday

Why: beating England 3-2

How: on penalty shootout

Body: (more information (facts, data, example, evidence), quotations and details)

 

v  Leonardo Bonucci- Italian defender mocks the famous lyric from the England team's anthem ("It's coming home.") saying, "It's coming to Rome." as Italy is winning Euro 2020.

v  Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italy's Goalkeeper saves the decisive spot kick of Londoner Bukayo Saka makes England absolute sad.

v  Marcus Rashfor and Jadon Sancho first missed their shootouts and ultimately Saka missed the shootout losing the match against Italy.

v  Saka and Sancho cried when they missed the shootouts, and Donnarumma was praised for saving the decisive kick by Saka, this made the Italian fans overjoyed for a rebirth of their national team, as the team was failed to be qualified in World Cup four years back, for the first time in six decades,

v  Roberto Mancini, Italian team couch has made the Italian team the best team in Europe with the records of 34 match unbeaten, won an international trophy and four World Cups,

v  When Giorgio Chiellini, the Italian Captain lifted the Henri Delaunay trophy (Euro Cup 2020), Mancini praised the team,

v  For England it is the latest heartache of defeat since 1990,

v  Harry Kane, the captain of England, feels sad on defeat on penalties,

v  In the beginning, England played well, Luke Shaw scored the first goal within few minutes with the help of Kieran Trippier.

v  This goal made the fans from the side of England along with David Beckham and Tom Cruise overjoyed, but after that England barely saw the ball for the rest of the game,

v  England hardly possessed the ball only chasing its opponent

v  Al the last of extra time, Bonucci scored a goal,

v  On penalty shootouts, Marcus Rashfor missed the ball; Jadon Sancho's shot was saved by Donnarumma so Jorginho got a chance to win the cup for Italy.

v  Donnarumma made the crucial saves and he became the player of the tournament.

Tail: - Ending

v  Bonucci heard people predicting England to be the winner but he feels sorry for them.

 

Working with Words

A. Many English words are from other languages, such as redemption in the news above comes from the Latin word redimere, a combination of red(d)-, meaning "back", and emere, meaning "buy".

Now, find the origin and the meaning of the following words from the text.

 

Words	Origin	Meaning
penalty	penalitatem(Latin)	pertaining to punishment
anthem	antiphōnos (Greek)	a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism
podium	podion (Greek)	raised platform around an ancient arena
major	magnus (Latin)	great
dejection	deicere (Latin)	throw down
tournament	torneiement (French)	contest between groups of knights on horseback
stadium	Stadion (Greek)	a measure of length equaling the length of 600 human feet
jubilant	Jubilare (Latin)	‘making a joyful noise’
reminiscent	reminiscentem (Latin)	pertaining to or characterized by reminiscence
trophy	trophée  (French)	a prize of war
record	recorden (old English)	to repeat, to report
incredible	incredibilis (Latin)	unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible
defender	defendeor (Old French)	one who protects from injury a champion
suave	suavis (Latin)	agreeable
savor	saporem (Latin)	taste, flavor," related to sapere

 

 

B. Consult a dictionary and define the following terms related to cricket.

 

Example: Wicket: two sets of three sticks standing in the ground with pieces of wood lying.

 

Word	Definition
stump	each of the three upright pieces of wood which form a wicket
crease	any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places
boundary	a hit crossing the limits of the field, scoring four or six runs
sixer	a hit for six runs
googly	bouncing cricket ball
leb-bye	a run scored from a ball that has touched part of the batsman's body (apart from the hand) without touching the bat, the batsman having made an attempt to hit it.
wicket	each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of the pitch, defended by a batsman.
maiden	an over in which no runs are scored
pitch	the strip of ground between the two sets of stumps
power-play	a set of overs with special fielding rules during a limited overs cricket match
no-ball	an illegal delivery to a batsman
yorker	a ball bowled so that it pitches immediately under the bat

 

C. Pronunciation

Divide the following words into two groups in accordance with the pronunciation /ai/ and /ei/.

Pronunciation /ai/	Pronunciation /ei/
fine- /fʌɪn/	rein - /reɪn/
shine - /ʃʌɪn/	rail - /reɪl/
why  -/waɪ/	sleigh - /sleɪ/
height - /hʌɪt/	snail - /sneɪl/
bright - /brʌɪt/	break - /breɪk/
might - /mʌɪt/	fake - /feɪk/
five - /fʌɪv/	freight - /freɪt/
sight - /sʌɪt/	eight - /eɪt/
white - /wʌɪt/	game - /ɡeɪm/
by - /bʌɪ/	claim - /kleɪm/
	friend - /frɛnd/
	gait - /ɡeɪt/
	hail - /heɪl/
	frame - /freɪm/

 

Comprehension

A. State whether the following sentences are True or False or Not Given.

a. England was the champion of 1996 World Cup 2020. False

b. Italy bagged its first Euro Cup trophy in the Euro Cup 2020. False

c. The English team has won more trophies in International Football than Italy. False

d. According to the captain of the English team, the pain of losing a match has lasting effects. False

e. The Italian team was playing in their home ground. False

f. The goalkeeper of the Italian team had performed the best than any other players in the match. True

 

B. Answer the following question.

a. Why does the reporter say that England in waiting to heal its half-century long pain?

Ans:- Reporter says that England is waiting to heal its half-century long pain because England is hoping to celebrate the team's first international trophy since 1966 World Cup.

 

b. How did the Italian players react as soon as they became the champions?

Ans:-As soon as they became the Champion Italian players mocking the famous lyric "it's coming home" form the England's anthem saying "it's come to Rome".

 

c. Why did Saka and Sancho cry?

Ans:- A 19 years old Londoner Bukayo Saka cried because Donnarumma, a goal keeper from Italian team, saved his decisive sport kick and Jadon Sancho cried because he missed the penalty shootout though he was a special penalty taker.

 

d. Penalty shoot-out has long been a bitter experience for the English team why?

Ans:- Penalty shootout has long been a bitter experience for the English team because the team has been defeated in shootouts at major tournaments.

 

e. State the contribution of Roberto Mancini to the Italian football.

Ans: It is because of Roberto Mancini, Italian team has become the best team in Europe and the team has kept national record of 34 matches unbeaten and won the Euro Cup 2020.

 

f. How does the Euro Cup final 2020 remind the audiences of the 2018 World cup semifinals? How?

Ans:- The Euro Cup Final 2020 reminds the audience of the 2018 World Cup semifinals when England also scored early against Croatia and then spend most of the game chasing its opponent's midfield before losing in extra time similar to this match when England barely saw the ball for the rest of game since its first score against Italy in few minutes after the match starts.

 

Critical thinking

a. "Every match is a new opportunity. Put its failure behind and start over again." does this apply to the Italian football team when we analyze their performance from their failure to qualify for the World Cup Football to their victory in the European Championship in these four years?

 

Ans:-"Every match is a new opportunity. But its failure behind and start over again." This line is applied to the Italian football team. Four years ago, Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time is six decades. It is not sure that one time winner will be the all-time winner. There are lots of circumstances that determine the victory of a team in the competition. The role of the coach, the determination of the players, their performances on the ground, team work spirit, supports of the fans, investment of the country, the role of a goal keeper, coincidence all these things determine a team to be a winner. Despite the best performances, a slight mistake from any side gives grounds enough to lose the competition. In Euro Cup 2020 final, England scored a goal within few minutes after the match begins. Despite the defensive play, England lost the match in penalty shootouts. Italian goal keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved the decisive kick by a 19 years old Londoner Bukayo Saka, making the Italy team winner of the Euro Cup 2020. This is the rebirth of the Italian National team. This match gave a chance to Italy to become a champion again in the soccer's history of Italy.

 

b. When a team plays in a home ground, it gets a huge support from the audience in the stadium. Does this support them to win the match or the players may feel pressure to win and thus lose? What do you think?

 

Ans: - Obviously when a team plays in a home ground, it feels pressure to win the match because of a huge support from the audience in the stadium as well as the high expectation of them. The English team was playing the final match of Euro Cup 2020 against Italy at Wembly stadium, with the pressure of English fans hoping to celebrate the team's first international trophy since 1966 World Cup. Not only the players were getting a huge support from the audience but also, they had a pressure to heal a painful half century wait in losing several matches for the six decades. I think the players can't play confidently in a home ground if they fell such pressure to win the match. England's first score against Italy within few minutes after the match begins shows that the players were in an extreme pressure. They felt that they had to win the match at any cost. The pressure is even more increased when the players witness their fans burst into extreme happiness after this score. As a result, afterwards, the players hardly break Italy's midfielder's possession of the ball. Each team makes equal goal till the end of the match after extra time. England replaces special penalty takers on the end in extra time which also proves that the players are felling extreme pressure to with the cup. Marcus Rashford and Jadon Saancho miss the penalty shootouts because they had pressure to win the match on penalty shootouts.