Listen to the manager's match day and try to answer these questions:

1. What does the manager do when there is no match?
2. Who does a different type of training?
3. What formations does the manager like to use?

When you have finished, click on learn below for some practice activities, then try the quiz.

Improve your listening

Activity 1: In this activity, you have to match the pictures to some of the football phrases you heard in the listening.

Activity 2: In this activity, you have to complete the gaps in the sentences. Listen again if you're not sure of the answer.

What do you think?

Was the listening easy or difficult?
What's the most difficult thing about a manager's job?
Is it more difficut to be manager of a big team or a small team?
Is Sir Alex Ferguson the best ever manager?