Pitch invasions and penalties!
After 8 weeks of training two different schools football teams myself (Adam for those of you who think it's always Ellie who writes the blog!) and the only other male volunteer decided it wasd time that they had a game against each other.
The date was set for a Friday afternoon after school. We couldn't believe it when the other team turned up - they had brought along the whole of their school for support! Luckily our pupils decided to hang around and watch too so that we wouldn't be out numbered!
The match began with 10 African children and one adult mzungu (me and Owen!) on each side - we decided this was definately an opportunity not to be missed and wanted to play!
After a close first half which ended 1:0 to us the second half became far more one sided. My team scored a further 2 goals and managed to score off a penalty so it was 4:0. Every time a goal was scored all of the supporters invaded the pitch, mobbed the players and then began taunting the other side shouting "you are fat" and "your father is a theif"!! It was approaching the final minutes and the match looked as if it was over when a player on the other team was 'accidentally' hacked down in our box and was awarded a penalty in extra time! It was a nerve racking couple of minutes with both sets of supporters shouting abuse at each other - suddenly the crowd went silent as the player began to run up to take the penalty - our goalie managed to get a hand to the ball which sent it crashing into the bar and then bouncing off the line before ending up on the pitch! The game ended 4:0 and as you can see from the picture, another pitch invasion!!
The date was set for a Friday afternoon after school. We couldn't believe it when the other team turned up - they had brought along the whole of their school for support! Luckily our pupils decided to hang around and watch too so that we wouldn't be out numbered!
The match began with 10 African children and one adult mzungu (me and Owen!) on each side - we decided this was definately an opportunity not to be missed and wanted to play!
After a close first half which ended 1:0 to us the second half became far more one sided. My team scored a further 2 goals and managed to score off a penalty so it was 4:0. Every time a goal was scored all of the supporters invaded the pitch, mobbed the players and then began taunting the other side shouting "you are fat" and "your father is a theif"!! It was approaching the final minutes and the match looked as if it was over when a player on the other team was 'accidentally' hacked down in our box and was awarded a penalty in extra time! It was a nerve racking couple of minutes with both sets of supporters shouting abuse at each other - suddenly the crowd went silent as the player began to run up to take the penalty - our goalie managed to get a hand to the ball which sent it crashing into the bar and then bouncing off the line before ending up on the pitch! The game ended 4:0 and as you can see from the picture, another pitch invasion!!
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