Hull City and Ipswich Draw 2-2 in Championship Match
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Hull City played against Ipswich Town in a football match.
The match ended 2-2.
Both teams scored two goals.
Two Japanese players, Maeda and Morita, played in this match.
They came on later in the game.
Both players joined the match after half-time.
Maeda plays for one team.
Morita plays for the other team.
Hull City and Ipswich Town both moved up from a lower league before.
This made the match a special game between two teams from the same group.
The game finished as a draw.
Neither team won the match.
Vocabulary15 words
- draw
- when a game ends with the same score for both teams
- substitute
- a player who joins the game later
- second half
- the last part of a football match
- score
- to get a goal or point in a game
- match
- a game between two teams
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- goal
- a point scored in football
- join the game
- to start playing in a match
- team
- a group of players who play together
- promoted
- moved up to a higher league
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- half-time
- the break in the middle of a match
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- result
- the final score of a game
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Answer key
1. 2-2 2. In the second half 3. True
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Hull City played against Ipswich Town in a football _____.
The match ended _____-2.
Both teams _____ two goals.
Two Japanese players, Maeda and Morita, played in this _____.
They came on later in the _____.
Both players joined the match after _____-time.
Hull City and Ipswich Town both moved up from a lower _____ before.
This made the match a special game between two teams from the same _____.
The game finished as a _____.
Neither team _____ the match.
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