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1. The referee made it very clear that one more ___________ would mean a yellow card.
2. He was very nervous because he was assigned to ___________ the opponent’s best striker.
3. He was standing just outside the ___________ for the thrown-in and looked very confused what to do.
4. He ran to his right and just before the ball hit the ground, he got off a strong ___________ into the back of the goal.
5. It was just outside the goalkeeper’s reach, but fortunately it ___________ off the goalpost to a defender.
6. Taking the direct free kick he was able to curl the ball around the ___________ and into the net just beyond the diving goalkeeper.
7. He stood there with his head down as the referee ___________ him with his second yellow card of the match.
8. The centre half raced towards the goal line near the left corner and ___________ the ball in front of the goal where it was headed home by a striker.
9. The ball bounced high off the post where, with his back to the goal, the centre forward scored with a spectacular ___________.
10. They got off three quick shots before a defender managed to ___________ the ball out of danger to the other end of the field.
11. Ronaldo scored in the twenty-third, forty-first and seventy-sixth minutes for another ___________.
12. Behind three to one, Shearer got one back and then Gascoigne slotted home the ___________ with a blast from the edge of the penalty box.
13. The score was still tied after extra time and the game had to be decided by a ___________.
14. It looked like it was going to be the most exciting goal of the tournament until the linesman ruled the striker was ___________ and the goal was disallowed.
15. The ___________ was soft from the rain and the penalty area was even covered with mud.