PSG vs Lyon: Big Ligue 1 Match Goes Ahead
Paris Saint-Germain played Olympique Lyonnais in a big football match.
The game was part of the 8th week of the Ligue 1 season. Ligue 1 is the top football league in France.
Before the match, the Paris police wrote to the LFP. The LFP is the organization that runs French football.
The police asked for the match to be moved to a different day. This is called a postponement.
The LFP said no to the police. The match was not postponed.
Both teams named their official lineups before kick-off. A lineup is the list of players who start the game.
Fans could watch the match live. Live means it is happening right now, in real time.
This match was called a clash because both teams are strong. A clash is an exciting, important game.
Vocabulary8 words
- Ligue 1
- the top football league in France
- LFP
- the group that organizes French football
- postponement
- moving an event to a later time
- official lineups
- the lists of players who start a game
- live
- happening now, in real time
- clash
- a big, exciting match between two strong teams
- match
- a game between two teams
- kick-off
- the start of a football game
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1. PSG and Lyon 2. A postponement of the match 3. No
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Paris Saint-Germain played Olympique Lyonnais in a big _____ match.
The game was part of the 8th week of the _____ season.
Before the match, the Paris police wrote to the _____.
The police asked for the match to be moved to a different day. This is called a _____.
The LFP said no to the police. The match was not _____.
Both teams named their official _____ before kick-off.
Fans could watch the match _____.
This match was called a _____ because both teams are strong.
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