📰 News ⏱ 2 min

How Did a Small Club Surprise a Top Team? ⚽

Fleetwood Town, a team from the fourth level of English football, faced Arsenal, a club from the top English football league.

🔑

Key Points

5 points

Final score after regular play: 1‑1.

Penalty shootout result: Fleetwood 5, Arsenal 3.

The game was played at Arsenal’s home stadium, Highbury.

A drone caused a brief pause of more than eight minutes.

One Arsenal player received a red card and was sent off.

📖

The match ended 1‑1, so the teams went to a penalty shootout to decide the winner.

Fleetwood scored five penalties while Arsenal scored three, giving the upset victory.

A drone was spotted flying over the stadium early in the game.

Arsenal’s teenage player had to leave the field after an altercation with a Fleetwood player.

📘

9 words

penalty kicks

Kicks taken from a marked spot after a foul, each team tries to score.

shootout

A series of penalty kicks used to decide a tied match.

upset

When a weaker team beats a stronger one.

drone

A small flying machine that can move by itself.

senior debut

The first time a player appears in an adult competition.

altercation

A small fight or argument.

halfway line

The line that divides the football field into two equal parts.

crucial

Very important.

nerve

Courage or bravery in a tough moment.

Want to learn even more? Click here to read the full story!