Lokomotiv Moscow Wins Russian Cup
Lesson Brief
Российская Газета
Lokomotiv Moscow, one of the historic soccer clubs in Russia, won the Russian Cup last week with a 3:1 victory of Kuban Krasnodar. With the win the Russian Cup returns to Moscow and Lokomotiv receive an automatic berth into Europa League next season. The match ended 1:1 which sent the two sides in 30 minutes of extra time where Lokomotiv sealed their victory.
-This article features several sports-specific words. Keep in mind that some of these words have multiple uses depending on the context (ie: sports vs. non-sports use).
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- "sold out," full-house, packed-house
- аншлаг
- break (as in: halftime)
- перерыв
- extra time
- дополнительное время
- cup, goblet
- кубка
- to win
- выигрывать, выиграть
- to work, to treat, to till
- обрабатывать, обработать
- holder, owner
- обладатель
- aforesaid, foregoing
- вышеизложенный
- to be deprived of, to lose
- лишаться, лишиться
- to race, to speed along, to tear along
- мчаться, помчаться