Lens Beat Paris FC with Goal and Assist from Thauvin
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Lens won a football game against Paris FC. The score was 2-1.
The game was in Ligue 1. This is the top football league in France.
Paris FC scored first. Then Lens scored two goals. Lens won the match.
Florian Thauvin helped Lens a lot. He scored one goal. He also made an assist for another goal.
Thorgan Hazard also scored a goal for Lens.
People say "Thauvin a tonné". This means Thauvin played very well.
Lens is now close to the top of the league table. They are only one point behind the leader.
This was matchday 8 of the season.
Vocabulary5 words
- Ligue 1
- the top football league in France
- assist
- a pass that helps a player score a goal
- matchday
- a day when football games happen in a league
- league table
- a list that shows how teams compare
- comeback
- when a team wins after losing first
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1. 2-1 to Lens 2. Florian Thauvin 3. Ligue 1
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Lens won a football game against Paris FC. The score was _____.
The game was in Ligue 1. This is the top football _____ in France.
Paris FC scored first. Then Lens scored two _____. Lens won the match.
Florian Thauvin helped Lens a lot. He scored one goal. He also made an _____ for another goal.
Thorgan _____ also scored a goal for Lens.
People say "Thauvin a tonné". This means Thauvin played very _____.
Lens is now close to the top of the league table. They are only one _____ behind the leader.
This was _____ 8 of the season.
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