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French for Sport

Football – Vocabulary for a Football Match

In this lesson, we cover some words you would hear to describe what’s going on during a football match.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Review Vocabulary

Review the words from this video:

Part 1

English French
attack une attaque
corner kick le coup de pied de coin
defence la défense
draw le match nul
foul la faute

Part 2

English French
goal le but
hand ball la balle de la main
match le match de football
offside hors-jeu
pass la passe

Part 3

English French
penalty le penalty
penalty kick le coup de pied de réparation
penalty shootout les tirs au but
red card le carton rouge
save un arrêt

Part 4

English French
score le score
tackle le tacle
throw-in la rentrée de touche
win la victoire
yellow card le carton jaune

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