Time unfroze and all I saw were Bethlehem players surrounding the official and shouting out words of complaint. For what? It appeared to be that the ref called offside and the goal was withdrawn! We could not have been more relieved and overtime did loom. All the players were cramped up for overtime, so both halves of overtime were relatively quiet. Penalties would decide the champions. We were the first team to get penalties started. It was three-two on penalties after four out of the five shots, with our squad having the lead. It not only meant there was one more penalty left to take for both teams, but it also meant we would be crowned champions if we slotted home the penalty. My teammate, Said Begic, was the one to take the decisive penalty and he stepped up and...the power went off in the stadium. Both of our respective teams and the supporters were notified that there would be a fifteen minute delay until Said could take his decisive penalty that would seal the deal. Every one of us did our absolute best to keep Said calm and told him he just had to pick a spot and place the ball. Eventually, the power came back on and Said would take his penalty. He ran up towards the ball and he absolutely smashed it....way over the crossbar. However, there was a chance to still win if the Bethlehem player missed his penalty,
Time unfroze and all I saw were Bethlehem players surrounding the official and shouting out words of complaint. For what? It appeared to be that the ref called offside and the goal was withdrawn! We could not have been more relieved and overtime did loom. All the players were cramped up for overtime, so both halves of overtime were relatively quiet. Penalties would decide the champions. We were the first team to get penalties started. It was three-two on penalties after four out of the five shots, with our squad having the lead. It not only meant there was one more penalty left to take for both teams, but it also meant we would be crowned champions if we slotted home the penalty. My teammate, Said Begic, was the one to take the decisive penalty and he stepped up and...the power went off in the stadium. Both of our respective teams and the supporters were notified that there would be a fifteen minute delay until Said could take his decisive penalty that would seal the deal. Every one of us did our absolute best to keep Said calm and told him he just had to pick a spot and place the ball. Eventually, the power came back on and Said would take his penalty. He ran up towards the ball and he absolutely smashed it....way over the crossbar. However, there was a chance to still win if the Bethlehem player missed his penalty,