Rennes to Host Auxerre in Ligue 1 Clash
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Rennes will play Auxerre on 11 October 2026.
This is a Ligue 1 football match. Ligue 1 is the top football league in France.
The match is at Rennes. Rennes wants to win the game. They want all three points.
In football, a team gets three points for a win. Rennes wants to win and get these points.
The coach of Rennes is Franck Haise. A coach leads the team and picks the players.
Haise will not pick two players for this match. They are Quentin Merlin and Arnaud Nordin.
This means Merlin and Nordin will not play against Auxerre.
People can watch the match live. Live means you watch it when it happens.
Many fans like to watch Ligue 1 matches every week.
Vocabulary15 words
- Ligue 1
- the top football league in France
- coach
- a person who leads a sports team
- live
- happening right now
- match
- a game between two teams
- points
- numbers a team gets for winning a game
- convoque
- to call a player to join the team
- squad
- all the players on a team
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- win
- to be the best in a game
- home game
- a match played in your own city
- football
- a sport with a ball and two teams
- team
- a group of players
- France
- a country in Europe
- season
- the months when a sport is played
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1. Auxerre 2. Franck Haise 3. No
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Rennes will play _____ on 11 October 2026.
This is a _____ football match.
The match is at Rennes. Rennes wants to _____ the game.
In football, a team gets three _____ for a win.
The _____ of Rennes is Franck Haise.
Haise will not pick two _____ for this match.
They are Quentin Merlin and Arnaud _____.
People can watch the match _____.
Many fans like to watch Ligue 1 matches every _____.
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