LANGUAGE FOCUS: Future with will; Past simple revision CROWN SPORT SUPER STRIKERS Here are six more players who will be at the World Cup. HARRY Who will score the most goals and win the Golden Boot? HARRY Neymar Jr 1 2 Team: Brazil Team: France Age: 27 Age: 26 Why he will win: He scored Why he will win: He has 26 goals last season for KANEKANE scored 53 goals for Brazil. Atletico Madrid! BEFORE WILL HE WIN YOU READ Paulo Dybala Thirty-two teams 3 4 will be at the World THE GOLDEN Team: Argentina Age: 24 Team: Portugal Age: 33 Cup. Can you Why he will win: Paulo Why he will win: He name ten of them? BOOT? scored two hat-tricks* has won the Ballon d’Or for Juventus! five times.

Harry Kane is England’s top striker* and top scorer* – but will he score 5 6 Mo Salah the most goals in the World Cup and win the Golden Boot trophy*? Team: Poland Age: 29 Team: Egypt Age: 26 Why he will win: Last year, Why he will win: He he scored his 50th goal scored the most goals for Harry Kane was born in London 24 years ago. for Poland – a record! Liverpool this season! When he was young, people didn’t think he was good enough to be a footballer. But Harry worked hard, and joined Tottenham Hotspur when he was 18. When he was 21, Harry suddenly started scoring goals – lots of goals! CROWN SPORT: Future with will and won’t World Cup 2018 Harry’s mum is English and his dad is from Ireland WORLD CUP PLANS – but Harry chose to play for England. In his first The World Cup will be in … Finish the sentences. Write will or won’t. game for England in 2015, he scored a goal 80 Russia. 1. I watch the World Cup. seconds after he started! It will start on … the 14th of June. 2. My country play in the World Cup. In 2017, he scored more goals than any The final game will be on … 3. I watch every game! other player – 56 in the 15th of July in Moscow. 4. I think (name of team) 52 games! That’s There will be … win the World Cup. more than Ronaldo thirty-two teams. or Messi! The mascot will be … 5. I think (name of player) Zabivaka the wolf. win the Golden Boot. What’s the secret STRIKER SHOE: of his success? The Golden Boot is the Harry is always trophy for the striker who ✱ WORDWISE LISTEN Track 6: positive! “I play scores the most goals. English French Italian German Dutch Spanish Listen to England football with Who won the last striker attaquant attaccante Stürmer aanvaller in het voetbal el delantero fans talk about the scorer buteur marcatore Torschütze iemand die doelpunten maakt el goleador a smile on my face, Golden Boot? World Cup. trophy trophée trofeo Trophäe trofee el trofeo www.mg-plus.net/audio and that’s important.” hat-trick coup du chapeau tripletta Hattrick hattrick el triplete

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