The 90 minutes’ playtime were over, and the score was tied on 1-1. My team, Delta Calcio Rovigo, was for the first time meeting in the tournament’s final game its longtime rival team, Calcio Padova. We were competing against each other for the regional championship title. Everywhere was very quiet as I quickly tied my cleats, and started walking from the center of the field down to the goal. It was my turn to take the last penalty kick of the game. I turned my head and saw my whole team anxiously holding each other close together in the middle of the field. They were all screaming, and trying to encourage me by saying things like, “Go captain, you got this.” I felt my heart starting to race, beating faster, and faster, as my hands were getting
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I felt extremely nervous, and anxious as I was facing one of the most important moments of my entire juvenile soccer career. I placed the ball on the penalty kick disc and took a few steps back. I heard my friends and my girlfriend in the audience, they were loudly screaming and cheering for me. My whole family was there as well, I saw my mom covering her eyes, scared to see what would happen next. Seated right beside her was my dad, who was looking straight in my eyes, and without even opening his mouth, I knew what his expressions meant, and what was on his mind. He nodded his head and smiled, he. believed in me, and trusted my ability to win my fear of disappointing everyone, and just confidently go for it. The referee blew the whistle, I took a deep breath and kicked the ball behind the net. I really could not believe that I scored. All the anxiety was finally over, and my whole team ran to me, and exulted, while everyone seated in the bleachers stood up, and cheered
I felt extremely nervous, and anxious as I was facing one of the most important moments of my entire juvenile soccer career. I placed the ball on the penalty kick disc and took a few steps back. I heard my friends and my girlfriend in the audience, they were loudly screaming and cheering for me. My whole family was there as well, I saw my mom covering her eyes, scared to see what would happen next. Seated right beside her was my dad, who was looking straight in my eyes, and without even opening his mouth, I knew what his expressions meant, and what was on his mind. He nodded his head and smiled, he. believed in me, and trusted my ability to win my fear of disappointing everyone, and just confidently go for it. The referee blew the whistle, I took a deep breath and kicked the ball behind the net. I really could not believe that I scored. All the anxiety was finally over, and my whole team ran to me, and exulted, while everyone seated in the bleachers stood up, and cheered