Learn English meaning of 'futsal'

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• get together
• teammates
• rare
• shoot

• indoor
• popular
• court
• under pressure

• skill
• spectator

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People love to play soccer all over the world! You can kick a soccer ball on the beach or play in your backyard. Did you know that there is an indoor version of soccer called futsal that is becoming more popular every day?

Futsal started in Brazil, and many top soccer players around the world, like Lionel Messi, started playing futsal when they were young. People enjoy the game because it is played on small courts with only five people per team. The players are under pressure on these small courts, and they can show off their soccer skills.

Gary tells Marni about the futsal team he plays on. Find out more about his love for the game in today’s English lesson about futsal.

Dialog

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Gary

Marni

Gary:  The past two summers, Marni, have been wonderful for soccer.

Marni:  Oh, really?

Gary:  The Men’s World Cup happened. The Women’s World Cup just took place. And it’s been so much fun to get together with all of my futsal teammates.

Marni:  Futsal? Tell me more! I don’t know much about it.

Gary:  Oh Yeah! So, I play on a team. And we play indoors on a really small court, so it’s like indoor soccer. And it’s really exciting and super fast like hockey because you have walls that the ball can be played off of.

Marni:  And because it’s a smaller space, does that make it go back and forth a lot more?

Gary:  Actually now that I think about it, it’s probably more like basketball.

Marni:  Oh okay!

Gary:  It’s that fast. And the goals are really small, and funny enough every now and then, which is actually really rare, there is a penalty where someone will have to shoot the ball on net.

Marni:  I think as a spectator I would find futsal more interesting than soccer because one of my problems with soccer is that it just seems like it takes so long.

Gary:  I’ll let you know when the next game is.

Marni:  I would love to come watch it!

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