Bordeaux Wins Big at Home in Fifth-Division Football
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Bordeaux is a football club in France. The club played its first home game of the season in Régional 1. This is a lower football division in France.
Bordeaux played against Mont-de-Marsan. The team from Mont-de-Marsan is called Stade Montois. Bordeaux won the game by a large score.
One Bordeaux player scored three goals. This is called a hat-trick in football.
The match had 11,163 spectators. This is a new attendance record for the club in this division. Many fans came to see the new era of the club.
This season is called the 'Park Bench' era at Bordeaux. The team had a perfect afternoon. They won, scored many goals, and had many fans.
Vocabulary5 words
- Régional 1
- a level of football competition in France; not the top level
- division
- a group or level in a sports competition
- hat-trick
- when one player scores three goals in one game
- spectators
- people who watch an event
- record
- the best or biggest result ever
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1. Mont-de-Marsan 2. 11,163 3. True
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Bordeaux is a football club in France. The club played its first _____ game of the season in Régional 1. This is a lower football _____ in France.
Bordeaux played against Mont-de-Marsan. The team from Mont-de-Marsan is called Stade Montois. Bordeaux won the game by a _____ score.
One Bordeaux player scored three goals. This is called a _____ in football.
The match had 11,163 _____. This is a new attendance _____ for the club in this division. Many fans came to see the new era of the club.
This season is called the 'Park Bench' era at Bordeaux. The team had a _____ afternoon. They won, scored many goals, and had many fans.
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