Dortmund Lose 2-0 Lead in Match Against Werder Bremen
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Borussia Dortmund played a football match against Werder Bremen. Dortmund had a 2-0 lead. This means Dortmund scored two goals and Bremen scored zero goals. But Dortmund did not win the match. They lost their lead.
Fans are now voting in a poll about the match. A poll is when people give their opinion by choosing an answer. The poll is for "Man of the Match" (MOTM). This means the best player in the game.
There is also good news for one player. A loan player from West Ham is playing very well. A loan player is a player who plays for a different team for a short time. He is having his best run of his career. A run means a good period of time.
People say this player is having a renaissance. This means he is playing much better than before. His good form is continuing. Fans are happy to see him play so well.
Vocabulary15 words
- lead
- when one team has more points or goals than the other team
- poll
- a way to ask many people the same question and count answers
- Man of the Match
- the best player in one game
- loan
- when a player plays for another team for a short time
- run
- a period of games or time
- renaissance
- a time when someone starts doing very well again
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- match
- one game between two teams
- scored
- got a point or goal in a game
- fans
- people who support a team or player
- form
- how well a player is playing now
- team
- a group of players who play together
- goal
- a point scored in football
- career
- all the years a person works at a job or sport
- continuing
- still happening
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1. 2-0 2. A player who plays for another team for a short time 3. False
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Borussia Dortmund played a football match against Werder Bremen. Dortmund had a _____ lead. This means Dortmund scored two goals and Bremen scored zero goals. But Dortmund did not win the match. They lost their lead.
Fans are now voting in a _____ about the match. A poll is when people give their opinion by choosing an answer. The poll is for "_____" (MOTM). This means the best player in the game.
There is also good news for one player. A _____ player from West Ham is playing very well. A loan player is a player who plays for a different team for a short time. He is having his _____ run of his career. A run means a good period of time.
People say this player is having a _____. This means he is playing much better than before. His good form is _____. Fans are happy to see him play so well.
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