FC Nantes Makes Changes for Sochaux Match
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FC Nantes will play against Sochaux. This is a Ligue 2 match. Ligue 2 is a French football league.
The Nantes coach is Poirier. He has changed the team's system. A system is the way players stand on the field.
Poirier has also changed some players. He has a new captain too. The captain is the team leader.
Sochaux has the worst attack in the league. This means they score very few goals. Nantes has the worst defense. This means they let in many goals.
Nantes has a strong bench. The bench is the group of players who can come into the game later.
People think this match will be interesting. Both teams need to play well.
Vocabulary6 words
- Ligue 2
- a football league in France
- system
- the way a team places its players
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- worst attack
- scoring very few goals
- defense
- the players who stop goals
- bench
- players who wait to play
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1. Poirier 2. The system, players, and captain 3. True
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FC Nantes will play against _____. This is a Ligue 2 match.
The Nantes _____ is Poirier. He has changed the team's system.
Poirier has also changed some _____. He has a new captain too.
Sochaux has the worst _____ in the league.
Nantes has the worst _____.
Nantes has a strong _____.
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