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# Football

## Common expressions

* play football
* watch football
* be mad / crazy about football
* be good at football
* be useless at foot ball

## Football + noun

* football boots
* football fans
* **a football strip**
* a football match
* a football player
* a football team
* a football pitch

## Exercise

### Common expressions

1. At school, I was useless at football. That's why I was never picked for the team. - c
2. Do you play any other sports besides football. - d
3. Jim's not here. He's gone home to watch the football on TV. - e
4. My friend, Alan, is crazy about football. He's never missed a match in ten years. - b
5. Our eldest son is very good at football, but not good enough to play professionally. - a

### Football + noun

1. Which football ***team*** do you support?
2. My dad took me to watch my first football ***match*** when I was only 2 years old.
3. The Brazilian, Ronaldinho, was voted best football ***player*** in the world in 2004.
4. There's a football ***pitch*** at the end of the road, where kids practise *most nights*.
5. Thousands of football ***fans*** invaded the pitch at the end of the cup final.
6. I wash my own football ***strip*** after a game and I also clean my football ***boots***.