Lens vs PSG: Trophée des Champions Match Today
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Lens and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) play a football match today.
The match is for the Trophée des Champions. This is a special French football game.
It happens before the new season starts. Two top teams from last year play each other.
PSG played in Europe's Super Cup before this match. Now PSG wants to win this trophy too.
PSG does not have two players for this match. Their names are Ferran Torres and Mika Godts.
Fans can watch the match live. This means they see it happen now, on TV or online.
PSG is a very strong team in France. They win many titles every year.
This match is important for both teams. It is the first big game of the new season.
Vocabulary15 words
- Trophée des Champions
- a special football game in France; it happens before the season starts
- Super Cup
- an important football game in Europe
- trophy
- a prize you win in sport
- live
- happening now; you can watch it at this moment
- titles
- prizes for winning in sport
- match
- a game between two teams
- season
- the time when a sport is played, like September to May
- squad
- all the players in a team
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- final
- the last game to win a competition
- goal
- when a team scores in football
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- stadium
- a big place where sports happen
- fans
- people who love and watch a sport or team
- win
- to be the best and get first place
Quiz
Answer key
1. Lens 2. Super Cup 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Lens and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) play a football _____ today.
The match is for the _____. This is a special French football game.
It happens before the new _____ starts. Two top teams from last year play each other.
PSG played in Europe's _____ before this match. Now PSG wants to win this trophy too.
PSG does not have two players for this match. Their names are Ferran Torres and Mika _____.
Fans can watch the match _____. This means they see it happen now, on TV or online.
PSG is a very strong team in France. They win many _____ every year.
This match is important for both teams. It is the first big game of the new _____.