Former Real Madrid hero, Zarraga, dies aged 81

 　　MADRID, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid announced this Wednesday that former captain, Jose Maria Zarraga had died on Tuesday at the age of 81.

　　Zarraga, who was born in 1930 in the Basque country, began his carear with Las Arenas¹ Getxo, before signing for Real Madrid in 1949. After spending two years in Madrid's B team, he was promoted to the first team squad².

　　He spent 13 years at the club, making 306 appearances, scoring 96 goals and forming part of the group of players that helped Real Madrid win five successive³ European Cups between 1956 and 1960.

　　Zarraga also made eight appearances for the Spansh national team.

　　Real Madrid will respect a minute's silence and the team will wear black armbands as a mark of respect in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against APOEL Nicosia at the Bernabeu.

　　Real Madrid take a 3-0 lead into the tie and are clear favorites to qualify⁴ for the semi-finals of the competition.

1 arenas   

表演场地( arena的名词复数 )； 竞技场； 活动或斗争的场所或场面； 圆形运动场

参考例句：

• Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
• Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？

2 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

3 successive   

adj.接连的，连续的，相继的

参考例句：

• He won three successive matches.他连胜三场比赛。
• In memory,instructions are stored in a sequence of successive bytes.在记忆体中，指令被存放在一个连续的字节序列中。

4 qualify   

vt.取得资格，有资格，限定，描述；vi.取得资格，有资格

参考例句：

• I won't qualify until next year.我明年才具备资格。
• You must qualify yourself for the post.你必须使自己具备担任这一工作的资格。