Udinese to Host Lecce in Serie A Matchday 7
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Udinese will play Lecce in Serie A. Serie A is the top football league in Italy. The game is at 12.30. It is the seventh matchday of the season. A matchday is one round of games.
The Lecce coach is Di Francesco. A coach is the person who leads a team. He said the team needs to go to Udine. He wants Lecce to find compactness. Compactness means playing close together as a team. He also wants Lecce to get points. Points are numbers teams win for good results.
Before the game, people make a prediction. A prediction is a guess about what will happen. People also look at odds. Odds show how likely a team is to win. This helps people understand the match before it starts.
Vocabulary15 words
- Serie A
- the top football league in Italy
- matchday
- one round of games in a season
- coach
- the person who leads a sports team
- compactness
- playing close together as a team
- points
- numbers a team wins for good results
- prediction
- a guess about what will happen
- odds
- numbers showing how likely something is
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- round
- one set of games in a competition
- team
- a group of players
- match
- a game between two teams
- football
- a sport played with a ball and two teams
- win
- to be the best in a game
- start
- the beginning of something
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1. 12.30 2. Compactness 3. Seventh
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Udinese will play Lecce in _____. Serie A is the top football _____ in Italy. The game is at 12.30. It is the seventh _____ of the season.
The Lecce _____ is Di Francesco. He said the team needs to go to Udine. He wants Lecce to find _____. He also wants Lecce to get _____.
Before the game, people make a _____. People also look at _____. This helps people understand the match before it starts.
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