41. Competitive football

a group of sports clubs that compete — The Premier ________ is very competitive.

league

the most exciting or important part — The season reaches its ________.

climax

the position of being the winner — They are competing for the ________.

title

a team you play against — Our next ________ is Fulham.

opponent

playing in your own stadium — We are playing ________.

at home

quite, but not extremely — It looks a ________ easy game.

relatively

difficult — It will be a ________ match.

tough

the team you compete against — Never underestimate the ________.

opposition

think something is easier than it is — Don’t ________ the opposition.

underestimate

a team with a chance of winning — They are ________ for the title.

contenders

something very important — Winning is our top ________.

priority

a group of clubs competing — The ________ involves many teams.

league

most exciting moment — The match reached its ________.

climax

winner position — They want the ________.

title

team you play — Our ________ is strong.

opponent

home stadium — We play ________.

at home

quite easy — It’s ________ simple.

relatively

difficult — It’s very ________.

tough

team you face — The ________ is strong.

opposition

judge wrongly — Don’t ________ them.

underestimate

possible winner — They are ________.

contenders

important thing — It’s a ________.

priority

Our ________ in the next game are a strong team.

opponents

His top ________ is to get fit again.

priority

You should never ________ the opposition.

underestimate

There are many ________ in the Premier League.

teams

The last match was relatively ________.

easy

We will be ________ again for the championship.

contenders

We are ________ this week and ________ next week.

at home / away

The season is reaching a ________.

climax

They have won the league ________ in recent years.

title

the quality of always being the same — We lack ________.

consistency

being forced into a difficult situation — He is under ________.

pressure

enter the next stage — We want to ________ for the competition.

qualify

change completely — The manager ________ the team.

transformed

something that helps — It was a real ________.

boost

be stronger than others — We ________ the match.

dominate

throw something away — We ________ it away.

threw

losing a match — It was a ________.

defeat

solve a problem — We ________ it out.

sorted

the area where you play — The ________ is wet.

pitch

one after another — We won three games ________.

in a row

quality of being consistent — ________ is important.

consistency

pressure situation — He is under ________.

pressure

enter competition — ________ for the next round.

qualify

change — He ________ the team.

transformed

help — It gave a ________.

boost

control — We ________ the game.

dominated

lose — It was a ________.

defeat

fix — We ________ it out.

sorted

playing area — The ________ is big.

pitch

sequence — We won ________.

in a row

The noun from qualify is ________.

qualification

The opposite of defeat is ________.

victory

The opposite of consistent is ________.

inconsistent

The noun from dominate is ________.

domination

The noun from transform is ________.

transformation

The noun from consistent is ________.

consistency

Next season could be my last ________ of winning the championship.

chance

The match is in bad ________ because of rain.

condition

It will be a real ________ for supporters.

boost

It will be three wins ________.

in a row

We ________ games we should win.

throw away

We lack ________.

consistency

We will ________ for the next round.

qualify

The team is under ________.

pressure

We had one victory and three ________.

defeats

We don’t have much ________ of winning.

chance

a possibility — We have a real ________ of qualifying.

chance

small possibility — There is a slight ________.

chance

opportunity — It’s my last ________.

chance