Who's your favourite football [US:soccer] player?

"Quel est ton joueur de foot préféré ?"
French C1 writing exercise

Bertrand and Léa discuss their favourite French football [US:soccer] players.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "without a shadow of a doubt", "the only... + Subjonctif", "a footballer [US: soccer player]", "to belong to (top 3)", "to amaze [someone]", "the ease", "to score (soccer)", "despite the fact + Subjonctif", "can't wait to [do]", "to have something in store for", "is not done [doing]", "mark my words".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-12

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You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Pronom d'objet direct, Pronom d'objet indirect

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- Without a shadow of a doubt, Zidane remains the best French player of all time. He's the only footballer [US: soccer player] who managed to make me cry during the Euro 2004 France-England game. I would love to be able to meet him one day to thank him for giving me so much joy all those years. - Yes, I agree, Zizou also belongs to my top 3, but I'd say that Kylian Mbappé is my favourite player these days. What amazes me the most about this football [US:soccer] genius is the almost incomprehensible ease with which he scores over and over again, despite the fact that his technique could still be improved. I can't wait to see what he has in store for us as he grows older. - Yes, this young man is not done surprising us, mark my words!

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