NAME:_________________________ANumeracyandLiteracybasedworkbookaimedatUpperKS2PrimaryLevelstudents.

THEEUROSTheUEFAEuropeanChampionships(TheEuros)isthemainfootballcompetitioncontestedbynationalteamsinEurope.Ithasbeenheldeveryfouryearssince1960.Thehost(s)nationsqualifyautomatically,whilstallotherteamsgainentrybyqualifyingfromgroupsdrawnbeforethetournamentcommences.

The14EuropeanChampionshipstournamentstodatehavebeenwonbyninedifferentnationalteams,withGermanyandSpainwinningthreetimeseach.Francehaswontwice,whilsttheSovietUnion,Italy,Netherlands,Denmark,GreeceandCzechoslovakiahaveeachwononce.

TheHenriDelaunayTrophyisawardedtothetournamentwinners.ItisnamedinhonourofHenriDelaunay,thefirstGeneralSecretaryofUEFA,whoiscreditedwithconceivingoftheideaofaEuropeanchampionshipcompetition.Hediedfiveyearspriortothefirsttournamentin1960.

Themostrecentchampionship,co-hostedbyPolandandUkrainein2012,waswonbySpain,whobeatItaly4–0atthefinalinKiev.ThenextEuropeanChampionshipwillbehostedinFrance.

Year HostCountry Winner Runner-Up No.teamsintournament

1960 France SovietUnion Yugoslavia 4

1964 Spain Spain SovietUnion 4

1968 Italy Italy Yugoslavia 4

1972 Belgium WestGermany SovietUnion 4

1976 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia WestGermany 4

1980 Italy WestGermany Belgium 8

1984 France France Spain 8

1988 WestGermany Netherlands SovietUnion 8

1992 Sweden Denmark Germany 8

1996 England Germany CzechRepublic 16

2000 Belgium&Netherlands

France Italy 16

2004 Portugal Greece Portugal 16

2008 Austria&Switzerland

Spain Germany 16

2012 Poland&Ukraine

Spain Italy 16

2016 France ? ? 24

Didyouknow?The1976tournamentwashostedbyYugoslaviaandwonbyCzechoslavakiaonpenaltiesagainstWestGermany.Onefascinatinghistoricalnoteisthatnoneofthesethreecountriesexisttoday.

PoliticalchangesineasternEuropeinthelate1980sand1990sledtoWestGermanyunitingwithEastGermanytocreateasingleunifiedcountrycalledGermany.Yugoslaviawasbrokenupintoseveralsmallercountries,includingSlovenia,Serbia,CroatiaandBosnia&Herzegovina,whilstCzechoslovakiawasdividedintotwocountries:theCzechRepublicandSlovakia.

THEEUROS

1. HowmanydifferentinternationalteamshavewontheEuropean

Championships?_______________________________________________________

2. Onhowmanyoccasionshasthehostnationwonthetournament?

___________________________________________________________________________

3. Whichcountrywasabeatenfinalistonthemostoccasions?

___________________________________________________________________________

4. ListthecountriesthatwereformedafterthebreakupofYugoslavia:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

5. WhyisthetrophynamedforHenriDelaunay?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Onhowmanyoccasionshavemorethanonecountryplayedhostfora

tournament?____________________________________________________

7. Findwordsinthepassagesimilarinmeaningto:

a. Perished:_________________________b.intriguing:__________________________8. Writewhetherthesewordsasusedinthepassagearenouns,verbs,adjectivesor

adverbs.Theyhaveallbeenunderlined:

a. historical:___________________________b.create:_____________________________

c. awarded:___________________________d.competition:______________________

d. automatically:________________________f.smaller:____________________________

9. Writedownthefirstpronounusedinthepassage:_______________________________10. UEFAisanexampleofanacronym.Findandwriteoutthemeaningofthese

acronyms:UEFA FIFA NASA SCUBA LASER AWOL

11. Findandwriteoutbelowtwowordsfromthepassagewhichhavesixormore

syllables:_______________________________________________________________________________

IRISHTEAMS&THEEUROPEANCHAMPIONSHIPSTheRepublicofIrelandhavequalifiedforthreeEuropeanChampionshiptournaments(1988,2012and2016.)The1988tournamentwasthefirsttimetheteamhadsecuredqualificationforaninternationaltournament.Theteamwouldproceedtoqualifyforthe1990WorldCupand1994WorldCup,markingthemostsuccessfulperiodinthehistoryoftheRepublicofIrelandfootballteam.

The1988tournamentbeganfortheRepublicofIrelandteamwithafamous1-0victoryoverEnglandinGelsenkirchen,Germany.ThegoalwasscoredbyRayHoughton.Theteamthendrew1-1withtheSovietUnioninthenextgame,withRonnieWhelanscoringaterrificgoal,beforenarrowlylosingoutonasemi-finalplaceaftergoingdown1-0totheNetherlandsinthefinalgroupfixture.ThetournamentwouldeventuallybewonbytheNetherlands,withtheSovietUnionbeingthelosingfinalists.

The2012tournamentwasnotassuccessfulfortheteam.Drawninaverydifficultgroup,theteamlostallthreefixtures,losing3-1toCroatiaintheopener(SeanStLedgerwiththegoal)beforegoingdown4-0toSpain(theeventualwinners)and2-0toItaly(thelosingfinalists.)

AninterestingfactfromthetwotournamentsisthattheRepublicofIreland’sgroupopponentshave,onbothoccasions,includedtheeventualfinalists.Ifthatistocontinuein2016,itmeansthattwoteamsfromItaly,SwedenandBelgiumwillhavetomakeittothefinal!

NorthernIreland’s2016qualificationrepresentsthefirsttimetheteamhasreachedthefinalsofaEuropeanChampionshiptournament,thoughtheycameagonizinglyclosetoqualificationforthe1984tournament.Intheirqualifyinggroup,theyinflictedtwo1-0winsoverWestGermanyandwereonlyeliminatedwhentheWestGermansidescoredwithtenminutestospareintheirfinalgroupgameagainstAlbania.

BeforequalificationwassecuredforEuro2016,arguablythegreatestfeatbyaNorthernIrishplayerinEuropeanChampionshipqualificationhistoryhadbeentherecordsetting13goalsscoredbyDavidHealyduringthecampaignforEuro2008,whichincludedtwohat-tricks,oneinafamous3-2victoryoverSpain.

BinghamandCharlton:LegendaryLeadersNorthernIreland’smostfamousmanagerwasthelegendaryBillyBingham,whoservedasmanagerfortwospells,from1967-1971andthenagainfrom1980-1993.

Thefirstmanagementspellwasunremarkable,withtheteamfailingtoqualifyforthe1970WorldCup.Butinhissecondspell,Binghamwouldleadtheteamtoqualificationforboththe1982and1986WorldCups,themostsuccessfulphaseinNorthernIrishinternationalfootballhistory.TheonlypreviousWorldCuptournamentthataNorthernIrishsidesecuredqualificationforwasthe1958WorldCup.Amongsttheplayersrepresentingtheteamin1958wasBillyBingham!

TheRepublicofIrelandmanagerduringthe1988EuropeanChampionshiptournamentwasJackCharlton.Agiftedfootballerinhisyoungerdays,Charltonandhistwinbrother,Bobby,wouldwinWorldCupmedalsforthevictoriousEnglandteamin1966.

LikeBingham,CharltonhasbecomesynonymouswiththemostsuccessfulperiodinthehistoryoftheRepublic’sinternationalfootballside,takingtheteamtothreetournaments(1988Euros,1990&1994WorldCups)includingfamousvictoriesoverEnglandandItaly,aswellasaquarter-finalappearanceinthe1990tournamentafteranail-bitingpenaltyshoot-outtriumphoverRomania.

MartinandMichael:TheO’NeillsThetwointernationalfootballmanagersinIrelandtodayshareacommonpast:bothrepresentedNorthernIrelandasplayers,withdistinguishingplayingcareerspriortotakingupmanagement.

MartinO’NeillhadanillustriousclubcareerwithNottinghamForestwhichincludedtwicewinningtheEuropeanCup(nowcalledtheChampionsLeague.)Healsoplayedinthe1982WorldCupwithNorthernIreland,winning64capsintotalandscoring8internationalgoalsduringhiscareer.Hemovedintoclubmanagement,servingasthebossofmanyprominentclubsincludingNorwich,LeicesterCity,AstonVilla,SunderlandandCeltic,whomhetooktothefinalofthe2003EuropaCup,wheretheyagonisinglylosttoaPortosidemanagedbyJoseMourinho.

MichaelO’Neillwascapped31timesasaplayerforNorthernIreland,scoring4internationalgoalsduringhiscareer.Heplayedfornumerousclubs,includingNewcastleUnited,DundeeUnited,HibernianandAberdeen,beforeeventuallymovingintofootballmanagement.AsmanagerofShamrockRovers,hewonback-to-backtitlesin2010and2011beforeleadingtheteamtotheunprecedentedaccomplishmentofbecomingthefirstIrishclubteamtosecureaplaceinthegroupstagesofamodernEuropeancompetition.

1.HowmanyyearsisitsincetheRepublicofIrelandfirstqualifiedforaEuropean

Championshiptournament?__________________________________

2.WhoscoredtheIrishgoalinthedrawnencounterwiththeSovietUnionin1988?

__________________________________________________

3.Whichteamlostinthefinalofthe2012Euros?________________________________________

4.WhatnotableachievementdidDavidHealysecureinthe2008qualificationcampaign?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________

TrueorFalse:5.NorthernIrelandbeatEastGermanytwiceinthe1984qualificationgroup:________________

6.MartinO’NeillplayedinaWorldCupfinalstournamentasaplayer:_________________________

7.MichaelO’Neillscored31goalsduringhisinternationalcareer:_____________________________

8.BothJackCharltonandBillyBinghamplayedandmanagedinWorldCuptournaments:

___________________________

9.WhatcommonexperiencedoMartinO’NeillandMichaelO’Neillshare?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10.Whattwo-wordphrasewasusedtodescribetheexcitementwhichsurroundedtheRepublicof

Ireland’spenaltyshootoutvictoryin1990?________________________________________

11.Underlinetheoddwordoutoneachline:illustrious unremarkable distinguished

accomplishment feat failing

straightforward challenging difficult

RayHoughtonscoresthefirstIrishgoalataEuroChampionshipsin1988

2016:THESTORYOFQUALIFICATION

Qualificationwasguaranteedforteamsfinishing1stor2ndintheirgroups.AsNorthernIrelandtoppedtheirgroup,theyqualifiedautomatically.The3rdplacedteamsenteredaplayoffroundinvolvinghomeandawaygameswithoneotherteam.ThiswashowtheRepublicofIrelandqualifiedafterwinningtheirplayoffwithBosnia3-1onaggregate.

NORTHERNIRELANDCAMPAIGN:MATCH-BY-MATCHDate Venue Score7/9/14 Budapest Hungary1-2NIreland(McGinn,Lafferty)11/10/14 Belfast NIreland2-0FaroeIslands(McAuley,Lafferty)14/10/14 Piraeus Greece0-2NIreland(Ward,Lafferty)14/11/14 Bucharest Romania2-0NIreland29/3/15 Belfast NIreland2-1Finland(Lafferty2)13/6/15 Belfast NIreland0-0Romania4/9/15 Torshavn FaroeIslands1-3NIreland(McAuley2,Lafferty)7/9/15 Belfast NIreland1-1Hungary(Lafferty)8/10/15 Belfast NIreland3-1Greece(Davis2,Magennis)11/10/15 Helsinki Finland1-1Ireland(Cathcart)

KyleLafferty’s7goalswerethemostbyanyplayerinthegroupandsecondmostbyanyNorthernIrishplayerduringatournamentqualifyingcampaign.

REPUBLICOFIRELANDCAMPAIGN:MATCH-BY-MATCHDate Venue Score7/9/14 Tbiliski Georgia1-2RepIreland(McGeady2)11/10/14 Dublin RepIreland7-0Gibraltar(Keane3,McClean2,Hoolahan,Perezog)14/10/14 Gelsenkirchen Germany1-1RepIreland(O’Shea)14/11/14 Glasgow Scotland1-0RepIreland29/3/15 Dublin RepIreland1-1Poland(Long)13/6/15 Dublin RepIreland1-1Scotland(Walters)4/9/15 Faro Gibraltar0-4RepIreland(Keane2,Christie,Long)7/9/15 Dublin RepIreland1-0Georgia(Walters)8/10/15 Dublin RepIreland1-0Germany(Long)11/10/15 Warsaw Poland2-1RepIreland(Walters)

13/11/15 Zenica Bosnia1-1RepIreland(Brady)16/11/15 Dublin RepIreland2-0Bosnia(Walters2)

The9differentgoalscorersfortheRepublicofIrelandwasthemostduringaqualifyingcampaignforanIrishteamsince11playersfoundthenetinthe1984EuroChampionshipqualifiers.

GROUPDTeam W D L GF GA Points

Germany 7 1 2 24 9 22Poland 6 3 1 33 10 21Rep.ofIreland

5 3 2 19 7 18

Scotland 4 3 3 22 12 15Georgia 3 0 7 10 16 9Gibraltar 0 0 10 2 56 0

GROUPFTeam W D L GF GA Points

NorthernIreland

6 3 1 16 8 21

Romania 5 5 0 11 2 20Hungary 4 4 2 11 9 16Finland 3 3 4 9 10 12

FaroeIslands 2 0 8 6 17 6Greece 1 3 6 7 14 6

2016:THESTORYOFQUALIFICATIONAllquestionsrelatetotheteamscompetinginGroupDandGroupF

(includedatthetopofthepageopposite.)

1.Whichwastheonlyteamtocompletethequalificationphaseundefeated?_______________________

2.Whichteamscoredthehighestnumberofgoals?_______________________________

3.Whichteamconcededthefewestnumberofgoals?_____________________________

4.Listtheteamsthatdidnotdrawanygamesduringqualification:__________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Goaldifferenceiscalculatedbysubtractingthegoalsallowed(GA)fromthegoalsscored(GF)foranyteam.

5.Whichteamhadthebestgoaldifference?Writeouttheteam’sgoaldifferencealongsidethe

name:___________________________________________________________________________________

6.Whichteamhadtheworstgoaldifference?Writeouttheteam’sgoaldifferencealongsidethe

name:___________________________________________________________________________________

7.Workoutthegoaldifferenceforeachteambelow,usingthetable:

NorthernIreland:______________________ Scotland:_________________________

Georgia:_________________________________ Gibraltar:_________________________

Finland:_________________________________ Greece:____________________________

8.ThefiguresintheGFandGAcolumndonotincludetheresultsfromtheplay-offgames.Work

outthegoaldifferencefortheRepublicofIrelandafteryouhaveaddedthegoalsfromtheir

playofffixtureswithBosniaandwritetheanswer:________________________________________

9.Usingtheinternet,findouttheinformationrequiredtocompletethetablebelow:N.B.Thepopulationisthenumberofpeoplelivinginaplace(egtown,cityorcountry.)

Country Population Country Population

Germany FaroeIslands

Gibraltar Greece

10.Whydoyouthinkthepopulationcanhelptoexplainwhyaninternationalteamperformseitherverywellorpoorlyinfootballgames?__________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

11.Duringqualification,theFaroeIslandswontwogames,bothagainstGreece.Whyweretheseresultsconsideredtobemajorupsets?

__________________________________________________________________________________

TASK:CompletetheQualificationGrouptablefromthelistofresultsbelow.Awinisworththreepointsandadrawonepoint.Nopointsareawardedforaloss.Intheeventoftwoteamsendingupwiththesamenumberofpoints,theteamwithabettergoaldifference(iedifferencebetweengoalsscoredandgoalsconceded)getsthehigherplace.

FINALGROUPTABLEPosition Team W D L GF GA Points

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

GROUPMATCHES:RESULTS

Game Result Game Result1 NIreland4-1Liechtenstein 16 RepIreland1-0Portugal2 Latvia0-3RepIreland 17 Portugal3-2Latvia3 Liechtenstein0-4Austria 18 Liechtenstein0-0RepIreland4 NIreland1-2Portugal 19 NIreland1-2Latvia5 Latvia1-3Portugal 20 RepIreland1-3Austria6 Austria1-2NIreland 21 Liechtenstein0-7Portugal7 RepIreland4-0Liechtenstein 22 Latvia3-2Austria8 Portugal1-0Austria 23 Portugal1-1NIreland9 Liechtenstein0-1Latvia 24 Austria3-1RepIreland10 NIreland0-4RepIreland 25 Latvia1-0Liechtenstein11 Portugal8-0Liechtenstein 26 Austria1-1Portugal12 RepIreland1-1NIreland 27 RepIreland2-1Latvia13 Austria5-0Latvia 28 Liechtenstein0-4NIreland14 Latvia0-1NIreland 29 Portugal3-0RepIreland15 Austria7-0Liechtenstein 30 NIreland5-3Austria

THEPENALTYKICK

TheIrishFootballAssociationwasthefourthnationalassociationtobeestablished,afterthoseinEngland,ScotlandandWales.Whilsttherehavebeenmanytalentedplayersofthebeautifulgametoemergefromthisisland,oneofthegreatestgiftsgiventothegamefromtheEmeraldIslewastheinventionofthepenaltykick.

Thepassagebelowistakenfromthe‘HomeofthePenaltyKick’website,andtellsthelifestoryofWilliamMcCrum,theIrishinventorofthepenaltykick.

(Courtesyofhttp://www.homeofpenaltykick.com/index.php/news)

In1932anobituaryappearedinanArmaghnewspaperreflectingonthelifeofahighlyrespectedlocalcitizenandbusinessman.Init,acertainWilliamMcCrumofMilfordwaslaudedasabrilliantscholar,storytellerandoutstandingsportsman.Nothingunusualaboutthatifithadnotcontainedareferencetothefactthatthedeceasedhadbeentheinspirationbehindoneofthemostmomentouschangestothelawsoffootball.ItwasWilliamMcCrumwho,in1890,submittedaproposalfor“apenaltykick”totheIrishFootballAssociation.TwelvemonthslateritwasapprovedbytheInternationalFootballAssociationBoardandincorporatedintheLawsoftheGame.McCrumcamefromahighlyrespectedfamily.TheonlysonofRobertGarmanyMcCrum,alinenbaronwhobuiltMilford,hewasaformerpupilatTheRoyalSchool,ArmaghandgraduatedfromTrinityCollege,Dublinin1886.Affectionatelyrememberedinthevillageas‘MasterWillie,’hewasasportsmanofinternationalrecognition.HewasinstrumentalinformingtheMilfordCricketClubdevotingmuchtimeandefforttocoaching.ThroughouthislifehealwaysmaintainedakeeninterestintheBoyScoutMovement.HewasalsospecificallyinterestedinamateurdramaticsandwasthedrivingforcebehindTheMilfordPlayers.WhentheR.G.McCrumInstitute–builtbyhisfathertoservicetherecreationalneedsofthevillage–openedin1914,hebecameactivelyinvolvedintherunningofit,encouragingallvillagerstotakepartinsomeorotherrecreation.Hewasabrilliantraconteurandauthorofsomeverymeritorioussketches.Asoneofthemanagingdirectorsofhisfather’slinenmanufacturingbusiness,McCrum,WatsonandMercer,herepresentedthecompany’sinterestsinLondonforanumberofyears.Hespentthebestpartofhislife,however,inMilford.TheobituaryonMcCrumpaintsapictureofapersonwhowasagentlemanfromheadtotoeandwhowasobviouslytiredofseeingfootballersresortingtoallkindsofillegalmethods.Thetrendbecameathorninhisfleshastheyearswentby.Infootball,onlytheballwasintendedtobekicked,nottheplayer.Anyonewhorefusedtorespectthisdeservedtobethreatenedwithadeterrentwhichwouldpunishnotonlytheoffenderbuthiswholeteamaswell.WilliamMcCrumwasnotadaydreamingzealotandadvocatorofold-fashionedideals.HewasagoalkeeperforMilford,asmallvillageclubthatplayedintheIrishChampionship’sfirstseasonin1890-91.AsagoalkeeperMcCrumhadeveryopportunitytowitnessthewayinwhichthepurityofsportwasbeingcorruptedbyfoulplay.Hehadfeltfirst-handtheeffectsofbreachesoftherulesandsimilarunsportingbehaviouronthefield.Thepenaltykick,ofcourse,isthekindofpenaltythatonlyagoalkeepercouldhaveinvented,asuprememomentofdramaandself-sacrificethatplacesthegoalkeeper,generallyabystander,atthecentreofthestage.Yes,itstackstheoddsagainstthegoalie,butitdoesmakehim,heroically,eventragicallythestaroftheshow.McCrum’sloveforthetheatreandtheatricalsmayhavepromptedhimtocomeupwiththeidea.HealsoheldaninfluentialpositionintheIrishFootballAssociationandhadaflairforadministrationandpolitics,withoutwhichhisrevolutionaryideawouldhardlyhavebeenimplemented.

FAMOUSPENALTIES

O’LearysendstheRepublicofIrelandtotheWorldCupquarter-finalsAnotherwiseforgettable120minutesoffootballbetweentheRepublicofIrelandandRomaniaendedwithamomentofhighdrama,asDavidO’LearysteppedforwardtokicktheIrishteamintoaWorldCupquarter-finalclashwithhosts,Italy,inthe1990WorldCup.ThewinningpenaltywasprecededbyawonderfulsavebyIrishgoalkeeper,PackieBonner,whichmeantthatO’Leary’skickwouldprovedecisive.

Panenkawinsthe1976EuroFinalforCzechoslovakiaagainstWestGermanyCzechoslovakiaupsettheoddsbydefeatingthehighly-fanciedWestGermanteaminapenaltyshoot-outafterbothsideshadplayedouta2-2draw,withtheGermansscoringalastminuteequaliserinnormaltimetosendthegametoextratime.The1976tournamentwasthelastinwhichonlyfourteamscompetedatthetournamentfinals.Allfourgamesinthe1976tournamentwenttoextratime,theonlytimethathashappenedincompetitionhistory.

1. Whoinventedthepenaltykick?_______________________________________________________________

2. Useyourdictionarytofindandwritethemeaningofthefollowingwords:

Obituary:_________________________________________________________________________________________

Scholar:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Raconteur:________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Whichwordinthefirstparagraphindicatesthatapersonisdead?Underlinetheanswer:a. citizen b.deceased c.inspiration d.lauded

4. Whichwordmeans“topreventsomethingbyshowingdisapprovalorcreatingconsequences.”a. offender b.illegal c.baron d.deterrent

5. BywhatnicknamewasWilliamMcCrumknowninhishomevillageofMilford?

_____________________________________________________________________________

6. WhatphraseoffourorfivewordsinthethirdparagraphtellsthereaderthatWilliamMcCrumwasknownoutsideofIrelandforbeingverygoodatsports?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7.Inwhichcountrywasthe1990WorldCupplayed?

8.WhatphraseoftwowordsinformsthereaderthatWestGermanywerefavouritestodefeatCzechoslovakiainthe1976final?

___________________________________________________________________________

9.Which2separatewordstellthereaderthatthepenaltyscoredbyDavidO’Learyclinched

victory?____________________________________________________________________________

DistanceBetweenFrenchCities(inKms)

Paris/St-Denis

Lille Lens Lyon St-Etienne

Nice Marseille Toulouse Bordeaux

Paris/St-Denis - 204 178 392 410 686 661 589 521Lille 204 - 39 557 586 833 835 791 700Lens 178 39 - 540 567 820 817 767 673Lyon 392 557 540 - 50 298 278 360 436

St-Etienne 410 586 567 50 - 298 251 310 396Nice 686 833 820 298 298 - 160 469 637

Marseille 661 835 817 278 251 160 - 319 506Toulouse 589 791 767 360 310 469 319 - 212Bordeaux 521 700 673 436 396 637 506 212 -

TravellingAroundFrance

1. Whichcityistothesouth-westofStEtienne?

2. WhichdirectionwouldyoutravelintogettoNicefromToulouse?

3. FromLyon,travel togettoNice.

ofToulouseisthecityofBordeaux.3.

4. Thecityof istothenorthofStDenis.5.FromthecityofLille,firsttravel toreachParisandthensouth-easttoarrivein

6. Workoutthedistancebetween:Lille–Nice:___________StEtienne-Toulouse:___________Lens–Marseilles:___________

7. SwitzerlandplaytheirfirstgameinLens.IftheteamisstayinginahotelinParis,howfarmust

theytraveltogettothestadium?_______________________8. France’sfirstgameisinParis,buttheirsecondgameisinMarseille.Howfarofajourneymust

theyenduretogettoMarseille?____________

9. VaclavisaCzechRepublicfanfromPrague.Hewantstoattendhiscountry’sgameagainst

CroatiainStEtienne.ShouldheflyintoParisorLyon?Giveareasonforyouranswer.________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. SimonandBarryareRepublicofIrelandfans.They’verentedacarinLyonandaretravellingtoParisforthefirstgame,thenontoBordeauxforthe2ndgameandfinallyontoLilleforthelastmatch.Howfarwilltheyhavedrivenintotalbythetimethe3groupgameshaveended?___________________________________________

Completethestatementsbyunderliningtheappropriateanswers,usingthecitiesinthemapandthe8-pointcompassdirections:

MarseilleToulouseNice

NorthwestSoutheastSouthwest

NorthwestSouthEast

LensLyonMarseille

NortheastEastWest

NortheastWestSouth

Lyon.Lens.Toulouse.

A. Complete sentences appropriately using correct verbs

1. The player had ______________ three penalties already

this season. (taken, took)

2. The defender _____________ when confronted by the

wizardry of the Irish winger. (froze, frozen)

3. The match was cancelled after it was discovered that the

pitch had _______________. (froze, frozen)

4. The goalkeeper knew he was __________________

when the striker delicately chipped the ball beyond his

outstretched hands. (beat, beaten)

B. Write homophones for these words (Homophones are words that sound the same)

side - _____________ sight - _______________

flue - ____________ wood - _______________

wine - _________ tyre -______________

pear - ___________ great- _________________

bear - ___________ blue - _______________

C. Insert the correct Proper Adjectives 1. Thelegendary___________________footballer,Michel

Platini,holdstherecordformostgoalsscored(nine)atEuroChampionshiptournaments.(France)

2. The_____________________striker,FernandoTorres,scoredthewinninggoalinthefinalofthe2008EuroChampionships.(Spain)

3. Sixty-fivedifferent____________________playershavescoredgoalsatEuroChampionshiptournamentssince1960.(Germany)

4. The___________________player,MarcovanBasten,scored5goalsforhiscountryinthe1988EuroChampionshipsandwouldlatermanagehiscountrytothe2008tournament.(Netherlands)

D. Convert nouns to verbs

fascination - __________________________

determination - ________________________

competition - _________________________

dedication - __________________________

hesitation - ___________________________

expectation - _________________________

accomplishment- ______________________

JamieVardyrecentlybrokeaPremierLeaguerecordbyscoringin11consecutivegames.ButtherecordformostgoalsscoredinconsecutivegamesatthehighestlevelofEnglishfootballcontinuestobelongtoanIrishman,JimmyDunne.

TheDublinersettherecordinthe1031/32season,whenhefamouslyscored18goalsin12successivegamesforSheffieldUnited.Inthepreviousseason,Dunnewasevenmoreprolific,findingthebackofthenet50times,including41goalsintheleague.

HeleftSheffieldUnitedtojoinArsenal,winningaleaguemedalwiththenorthLondonsidein1933/34.

JimmyDunneisoneofonlyafewIrishmentohaveplayedforbothIrishinternationalsides,scoring22goalsacrossbothteamsduringhistimerepresentingtheteamsthatwouldgoontobeknowntodayastheRepublicofIrelandandNorthernIreland.

HiscareerinfootballmanagementincludedtwostintsatShamrockRovers,aswellasaspellasBohemiansmanager.Hediedofaheartattackin1949atthetenderyoungageof44.

Writewhetherthewordsbelowasusedinthepassagearenouns,verbs,adjectivesoradverbs:recently prolific few

consecutive management stints

belong famously season