It was an epic championship game. As the game started, I could feel the butterflies in my stomach. I wanted this championship title so bad. We scored the first goal, and then the second goal... we were looking pretty good. The other team then retaliated with an impressive sliding shot into the back of our net. We were up 2-1 at the start of the second half. About half way through the second half, though, our lead was taken from us with another goal from the other team. The score was then 2-2. After an excruciatingly difficult second half, the game ended, still tied.
We then began over time. In futsal, we have a 5 minute over time, sudden death/golden goal rule... meaning whoever scores first wins. If it is still tied at the end of the over time, we go in to a shoot out. Pressure was on.
The whistle blew, and the 5 minutes started to count down. About 20 seconds in, one of our players took a beautiful shot that I just knew was going to go in... but it didn't. The keeper dove and tipped it out of bounds, giving us a corner. The time kept ticking. The corner was taken, and then deflected back to one of our players. He took the shot. Upper right hand corner. Nothing was stopping it. It was in for sure. The beautiful sound of the ball hitting the back of the net was all I could hear for a moment. That goal finished our game, making us the champions!
The crowd exploded up with excitement and everyone stormed the court. Champions at last. It feels good to be a champion. And it feels really good to finally have have a BYU-Idaho Rec Sports championship t-shirt. :)
Here is my team: Kim B's Finest.
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