http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19972907
Poland v England match had to be postponed - Roy Hodgson
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England manager Roy Hodgson believes the authorities had "no alternative" but to postpone England's World Cup qualifying match against Poland in Warsaw. Despite rain being forcast the ___________________ roof on the national stadium was not used, and storms engulfing the capital on Tuesday afternoon _______________________ the pitch. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live Ian Dennis, Hodgson says he does not intend to change the team when they take to the pitch for the ______________________ match at 16:00 BST on Wednesday. The pitch in Warsaw looks considerably better than it did last night. The _____________________ have gone, the pitch is currently being _____________________ by a team of groundsmen - and the roof is on. ___________________ is at 16:00 BST remember, and live commentary for those of you making your way home from work at that time will be on 5 live.
COMMENT: It just looked ___________________. The first obvious indication of a problem was that none of the players were warming up. The pitch was flooded and looked ________________ from an hour beforehand. I ____________________ to understand why, when you've got a roof on a stadium, you wouldn't put that across when there were clear forecasts saying it was going to rain today.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19972907
Poland v England match had to be postponed - Roy Hodgson
Read and complete with the given words
MOWN, ATROCIOUS, STRUGGLE, WATERLOGGED, UNPLAYABLE, PUDDELS, RETRACTABLE, KICK-OFF, RESCHEDULED,
England manager Roy Hodgson believes the authorities had "no alternative" but to postpone England's World Cup qualifying match against Poland in Warsaw. Despite rain being forcast the ___________________ roof on the national stadium was not used, and storms engulfing the capital on Tuesday afternoon _______________________ the pitch. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live Ian Dennis, Hodgson says he does not intend to change the team when they take to the pitch for the ______________________ match at 16:00 BST on Wednesday. The pitch in Warsaw looks considerably better than it did last night. The _____________________ have gone, the pitch is currently being _____________________ by a team of groundsmen - and the roof is on. ___________________ is at 16:00 BST remember, and live commentary for those of you making your way home from work at that time will be on 5 live.
COMMENT: It just looked ___________________. The first obvious indication of a problem was that none of the players were warming up. The pitch was flooded and looked ________________ from an hour beforehand. I ____________________ to understand why, when you've got a roof on a stadium, you wouldn't put that across when there were clear forecasts saying it was going to rain today.”