Latin America Special Issue
Page
78
Words by
Baltazar Marin, age 7
Pictures by
Jeronimo Allende Zarazaga, age 8
Translation by
Andrea Riffo
Narration by
Carlos Espinoza
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The match had almost finished. I was a player for Universidad Católica, one of the best football teams in Chile. We were playing against Universidad de Chile, our greatest rival. I had the ball and I ran very fast to get closer to the goal. I saw one of my teammates and I passed him the ball. He ran a few metres then passed it back to me. I did a chilena and I scored a goal. My team won!
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Baltazar’s story is titled ‘The Chilena’. What is a ‘chilena’? Who invented it? Discuss other famous sporting manoeuvres with your class.
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