Lyon Beats Nice to Go Top of Ligue 1
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Lyon won a football game against Nice. The game was in the French league. Lyon is also called OL. After the win, Lyon is now number one in the league.
The game was hard for Nice. A Nice player named Abdelmoneim had a bad night. He got a red card. This means he had to leave the game early. Nice also had a goal that did not count. This is called a disallowed goal.
Before the game, the Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca said he would make changes. A coach is the person who leads the team. He changed some players in his team for the Nice game.
Lyon played well and won the match. Winning this game put them at the top of Ligue 1. Top means the best place, or number one.
Fans of Lyon were happy. The team now leads the league. Nice will want to play better in their next game.
Vocabulary7 words
- Lyon
- a French football team; also called OL
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- red card
- a card a referee shows a player; the player must leave the game
- disallowed goal
- a goal that a referee says does not count
- coach
- the person who leads and trains a sports team
- team
- a group of players who play together
- top
- the best or highest place
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1. Lyon 2. He got a red card 3. First place
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Lyon won a football game against _____. The game was in the French _____. Lyon is also called OL. After the win, Lyon is now number one in the _____.
The game was hard for Nice. A Nice player named Abdelmoneim had a bad night. He got a _____. This means he had to leave the game early. Nice also had a goal that did not count. This is called a _____.
Before the game, the Lyon _____ Paulo Fonseca said he would make changes. A coach is the person who leads the team. He changed some players in his _____ for the Nice game.
Lyon played well and won the match. Winning this game put them at the _____ of Ligue 1. Top means the best place, or number one.
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