A Hockey Match

A Hockey Match

           A hockey match played between strong teams is really a thrilling experience. Last Sunday, l saw an exciting match between our College Eleven and the City Raiders. It was played in our grounds and a large number spectators came to see the game. Our team had recently won the Board Zonal Championship, and was naturally considered to be strong combination. The City Raiders, too, were experienced players and had played in many tournaments. The spectators expected to see a very interesting game.

At least 4 p.m. the referee blew a long whistle and the players who had taken up their positions in the field looked towards the center forwards who quickly leapt into action.

Our center forward Niaz pushed the ball towards the Raiders’ goal and the next moment he was running after it. It happened so swiftly that the Raiders could not move before he had ‘D’. The goal keeper tried his best but he was too late; Niaz had hit the ball right into the goal. We went mad with joy. We shouted and clapped and whistled and our player waved us.

The game started again. Raiders were vigilant this time. Their center-forward managed to beat ours, and passed the ball to his right in who passed it back to him. He dribbled it past our defenders and reached the goal-mouth but our goalkeeper stopped the ball and sent it flying back. The ball was now with our players who were working very hard.

After a short time, our captain got the ball and raced down to the goal-post. When he reached the ‘D’, he slipped and fell down. The Raiders got the ball and once again raided our goal. Our defenders fought back valiantly and repulsed every attack. At this point the referee blew a long whistle and the players walked out of the ground, for it was ‘half time’. The players went to the dressing, room and had soft drinks plus the biscuits.

After the interval, the game became very tense. The Raiders played a better game; most of the time the ball remained in our half. Time and again the Raider’ Captain who was in terrific form reached our goal. But every time our goalkeeper stood his ground and cleared the ball.

At last, the time was up and our team came out happy and victorious. They had won the match by one goal. We clapped and shouted with joy. Our players had not let us down.

Words	Meanings
thrilling	جوش اور لطف والا
exciting	پر جوش
spectators	دیکھنے والا
recently	حال ہی میں
clapped	تالی بجانا
vigilant	چوکس
slipped	پھسلنا
raided	حملہ کرنا
valiantly	بہادری سے
repulsed	پیچھے دھکا دینا
tense	سخت
terrific	زبردست

Words	Meanings
thrilling	causing a surge of excitement
exciting	causing great enthusiasm and eagerness
spectators	a person who watches at a show
recently	not long ago
clapped	clap one's hands
vigilant	attentive
slipped	move sideways in an uncontrolled manner
raided	a sudden attack
valiantly	with bravery
repulsed	to move back by force
tense	nervous
terrific	tremendous