Last night I went to my first ever soccer game; it was the Brisbane Roar and boy did they roar. The game started at 4 pm and went to about 7 pm and was filled with all sorts of excitement. I went with 2 Australians and 2 other Americans and we decided we wanted to have some team spirit and I bought a flag and Dan got a scarf. The game started out just fine and it seemed like it would be an easy win for us. The first half ended scoreless and when the second half started it was raining.
The rain only made it harder for the teams to score. There was several close calls and for a moment I thought they were going to score. The closest coming at the end of regulation when they got a break away and were wide open for a shot and the whistle blew to signal the end of regulation. I thought we escaped a close one, little did I know it was only to get more interesting.
It turned into over time with two 15 minute periods and the winner at the end would be crowned champion. The first period started and it seemed like we had a chance to score, but the tables turned. The opposing team scored twice in the first period of overtime; at which point everyone thought it was over, I mean it was scoreless for 90 minutes what are the chances we get two goals in a period. The first period ended 2-0 for the Mariners.
At the start of the second period of overtime it seemed like it was over. The Roar didn't seem like they were into the game anymore and the Mariners were just wasting time. A ton of people were leaving with about 5 minutes to go and we also started to, but right when we got to the gate to leave we heard the cheering of a goal and a mob of us ran back in to see what was happening. To our surprise we had finally scored a goal, but we still had doubts with 3 minutes to go that we would score again. At this time we had perfect seats since we ran back in and got on the lower level. With one minutes remaining we got a corner kick and scored our second goal off a header!!! Talk about suspense this put us into penalty kicks and the rest is history.
Here is a link about the highlights totally worth watching so make sure you do it!
http://www.foxsports.com.au/Football/roar-comeback-to-take-title/video-e6frf423-1226020741232?subcat=1111112039253&site=FoxSports
Its FOOTY or FOOTBALL....everyone will look at you like yer an idiot if you call it soccer. and i like how you stated "we all want to be fashionable" lol made me chuckle. Bring something cool back for me.
ReplyDeletehaha what do you want? No they used to call it soccer and most of them still do lol
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