Milan Host Lecce in Serie A, Modric and Rabiot Start
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Milan played Lecce in a Serie A football match.
The game started at 20.45.
Two Milan players came back to the team. Their names are Luka Modric and Adrien Rabiot.
They started the match from the beginning.
One Lecce player did not play. His name is Tiago Gabriel.
He had a neck problem.
The score was 0-0.
This means no team scored a goal yet.
Fans watched the match live.
Serie A is the top football league in Italy.
Milan and Lecce are both Italian football teams.
The match was part of the football season.
Vocabulary8 words
- Serie A
- the top football league in Italy
- neck
- the part of the body between the head and shoulders
- goal
- when a team scores a point in football
- live
- happening now, in real time
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- starting line-up
- the players who begin the game
- injury
- damage to the body
- match
- a game between two teams
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1. 0-0 2. Modric and Rabiot 3. He had a neck problem
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Milan played Lecce in a _____ football match.
The game started at _____.
Two Milan players came back to the team. Their names are Luka _____ and Adrien Rabiot.
They started the match from the _____.
One Lecce player did not play. His name is Tiago _____.
He had a _____ problem.
The score was _____.
This means no team scored a _____ yet.
Fans watched the match _____.
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