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"friendly match" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a sports match that is not a formal competition, but instead a more informal, recreational game. For example, "We'll be playing a friendly match of basketball this afternoon."
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friendly match
noun
A game that has no competitive value; an exhibition match
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Winton won that friendly match.
Friendly Match: Hunslet v Leeds.
I phoned Tina and Stacey to schedule a friendly match.
Bora's headed to a nearby stadium to catch Egypt play Congo in a friendly match.
Kevin-Prince Boateng left the pitch in January during a friendly match against Pro Patria.
Bouna Coundoul, last year's starter, is in Africa for Senegal's friendly match against Cameroon on Saturday.
"There is no friendly match when you are wearing the Argentine uniform," Maradona said.
Inside, the president, François Hollande, was watching the France v Germany friendly match.
The two countries also agreed to play a friendly match in Seoul in September.
City, meanwhile, have added a friendly match against Stuttgart to their pre-season itinerary.
Not long ago, my seven-year-old son was playing a friendly match as Sunderland.
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