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The composition of a football match
In study, work and even life, everyone is familiar with composition, which can be divided into primary school composition, middle school composition and college composition (thesis). What is the composition you have seen? The following is my collection of football compositions, which are for reference only and I hope to help you. One cool night, my mother and my brother went for a walk in the gym, and there was a loud cry not far away: "Good shot!" " We heard voices and walked to the place where we played basketball. We don't know yet, the game has already started! We walked into the crowd, squeezed into a good position by our thin bodies and began to watch the basketball game. This time it's Red Sun Technology versus Enda International. I am more optimistic about Enda International, because Enda is near my home. The game is going on fiercely: Oh! The ball was passed to another player. When another player saw the ball approaching the basket, he jumped up and the ball was blocked again. The ball was grabbed by "Red Sun Technology" and the players all ran to the pitching place quickly. The opposing player raised his hands, blocking the view of the player with the ball in his hand. The player with the ball was at a loss and had to pass the ball to another player with "Red Sun Technology", but this player scored! The cheerleaders of "Red Sun Science and Technology Team" went out and shouted: "Red Sun, come on! Red sun, come on! Red sun, come on! " Enda players are not convinced. They form a group and cheer for each other! They decided to work harder. As soon as they grabbed the ball, they ran on the rampage and crashed into the basket, and the ball flew to the basket. The players all ran to the basket to catch the ball. As a result, the ball passed by the basket and fell into enda's hand. The player threw another ball, missed it and played it again. "Good shot!" The ball finally scored. Enda's cheerleading team also started. They shouted, "enda, come quickly! Enda, come on! Enda, come on! " It didn't take long for the players to compete like this. Sweat glistened on their bodies in the light. In the end, Enda International lost by two points in this round, but they were not discouraged. They will definitely work harder in the next round! Through watching the basketball game this time, I understand: even if you fail, don't give up hope, maybe you will succeed next time! Failure is the mother of success. Let's fight for success! Today, I am very happy. My father is going to take my mother and me to watch the World Cup women's football match. As soon as school was over, my mother and I went straight to Chengdu Sports Center. When I got there, I saw that the fans had started to enter in twos and threes. There are China fans, Argentine fans and British fans. The faces of English fans are covered with their national flags. Some people wear national flags, while others beat gongs and drums to cheer for their players. The game has started, and there are a sea of people in all directions in the stands of the stadium, almost 30 thousand people. The two sides of the game are England and Argentina. Maybe Argentina is not ready. At the beginning of the first half, England scored two goals and the fans cheered. Singing loudly: England! England! After a while, people across the street rose and fell. What are they going to do? I asked dad. Dad said: they are playing wave games: their arms are shaking. They'll deliver it later! After listening to my father's words, I am not in the mood to watch the ball game. I looked at the opposite side eagerly, hoping that they would pass it quickly. Finally came to us. My dad and I stood up together and shouted! England scored another goal, which we didn't see. It seems that fans play fans and players play players. You don't care about me and I don't care about you. At the end of the game, England beat Argentina 6-/kloc-0. Yes, I won, I won! The England players shouted loudly. On the contrary, Argentine players are like deflated balls. Although I am not a fan, I also summed up the reasons for Argentina's failure: 1, Argentine players are thin, while English players are tall and strong; 2, the Argentine goalkeeper is not good, and the response is slow; Argentine players are inactive and often stand as if they have nothing to do, while British players are active and run around the stadium. If they change the above reasons, I believe they will win next time! After the third middle school entrance examination of football composition, my father and I went to my uncle's house in other places to play. My second uncle is a real football fan. That night, my father and my second uncle sat on the sofa watching the World Cup, just like the other day. Looking at the time is about to start, my uncle took the remote control board and stared at the screen intently, looking for the live broadcast room of the World Cup, carefully leafing through the introduction, and then brought a big bag of melon seeds on the table. The game is on! With the first kick, juwan's attention was completely attracted. He was half lying on the sofa, crossing his legs, with bare arms, holding a handful of melon seeds in one hand and picking up one from time to time in the other. He ate melon seeds for a while, chatted with his father for a while, and pointed to the screen for a while, giving live explanations to my father and me, two people who rarely watched the game. Suddenly, there was an exclamation downstairs, and my second uncle, who was just in a lazy state, sat up: "It seems that I will get points again in the future." He told us. Some people are having dinner downstairs at my uncle's house. Even if the night in the mountain city is still hot, it can't stop the fans in the mountain city from getting together with bare arms to drink beer and watch the ball game. The other day, my second uncle told us that he would watch live webcasts two or three minutes slower than they would watch live TV outside. As long as he hears this action, it means that someone has scored. Juwan stared at the screen, and the melon seeds in his hand stopped, watching the ball speeding on the field, breaking through the restricted area and shooting! Goal! Accompanied by the commentator's cry, the second uncle patted his thigh and said excitedly, "This World Cup is so beautiful!" He began to explain to my father and me again. My father was also happy to discuss with him, leaving me, who seldom cared about sports, silently eating melon seeds and watching the game. After the game, my uncle's fiery passion was satisfied, but I am still very excited to see the introduction of the team tomorrow. Uncle, he is a real fan. My father is a monitor. He works in a factory in Guangzhou. He has a chubby body, a chubby face and a little hair, but he looks very energetic. Although my father is fat, he is very flexible. I call him "Fat Dad" because he is fat. We live in a factory house. The factory is far from the city, and there is no entertainment. Usually, watching TV after dinner is our greatest pleasure. But every time my father can watch TV at home, I am very upset, because my father always watches the ball game on the sports channel, so I can't watch cartoons. I remember once, my dad took three days off in a row. Dad held the remote control in his hand. He stared at the TV screen and watched his favorite football match. Besides, my father was very excited when he saw the game. Sometimes he shouts loudly, sometimes he pats his thighs, and sometimes he even calls names ... I can't watch TV. When my mother came back, I had to hold her hand and say, "Mom, take me out to play." "Well, ask Dad to come with us." I replied, "Great!" But no matter what we call him, dad just won't go out with us, and he won't get up until mom turns off the TV. I'm glad that dad finally agreed to play with us. But we passed by our neighbor's house, and my dad stopped to stare at the screen when he saw the neighbor's house watching the ball game. I quickly took my father by the hand and dragged him away. My father is really a father who loves watching football games, but he still loves us both. At 7 o'clock last night, my family of three rushed to Huanglong Sports Center to watch the game between Zhejiang Sanhua Greentown and Zhuhai Gree. As soon as I entered, I saw that there were many seats in the audience here. I heard that it can accommodate more than fifteen thousand spectators. The grass is green on the court, and the players of the two teams are practicing playing football. I found that the strength of Zhuhai team is slightly stronger than that of Zhejiang team. The game begins. The two sides are evenly matched, fighting for the ball back and forth. However, the Greentown team has the support of on-site fans and the atmosphere is very good. The shouts of refueling are one after another, which is encouraging. Of course, our family is a hardcore of Greentown. The ball was very thrilling, and both sides often broke into the restricted area. Suddenly, Gree team players rushed into our restricted area, kicked it away, flew into the goal and caught us off guard. Fortunately, the defender returned to the defense in time, and the other side was "offside". The audience was in an uproar (I didn't know Gree was "offside" at that time). Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the referee ruled that Gree was offside. After a while, another goal was offside and the goal was invalid. The Greentown team fought back and rushed to the opponent's goal like lightning. It used the first header beautifully and scored! The audience boiled, fans cheered, danced and applauded. The first half is over. The second half begins. Gree team launched a storm and the offensive continued. As soon as they came up, they left one with their feet. The sound of cheering for the Greentown team at the scene is even louder. Later, a player in Greentown was sent off for eating two yellow cards. Uncivilized words came from the audience, and the voices of throwing water bottles and shouting "black whistle" were endless. Three minutes into stoppage time, the Gree team scored another goal. At the end of the audience, Zhejiang Sanhua Greentown 1: 2 Zhuhai Gree. Greentown fans are speechless. Although a little disappointed, we lost, but the fans should not be uncivilized. Stop it! Stop it! Look at football composition 6, Greentown players are injured! Off-site immediately ran into a group of staff carrying stretchers. They carried the wounded off the court. -That night, my mother took me to Huanglong Gymnasium to watch a football match. The participating teams are Zhejiang Greentown Team and Wuhan Zall Team. The player lying on the stretcher was injured by the Zall team, and the Greentown team had to take the penalty. "Oh-"The audience around cheered loudly. The Greentown team member who took the penalty kick scored with his leg lifted. "One to zero!" Shouting at the radio station, the score on the electronic screen changed from "0: 0" to "1: 0". The cheerleaders began to sing: "Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ..." With the "drumming" sound of the drum, this rhythmic "music" echoed enthusiastically on the field, and I couldn't help but stand up with excitement. The cheerleaders kept jumping in dark green scarves. Several green flags of different shades rolled like waves in the audience. Their passion is a fire, burning the whole football field red. I think their enthusiasm can be felt not only by the players on the court, but also by the stars and the moon in the sky. Later, Greentown scored another goal, with a score of 2-0. The home team really has an advantage! I think the Greentown team is a shoo-in. After all, the game is only ten minutes away. Suddenly, I heard the deafening cheers of the drow cheerleading team. What? Two to two? My eyes are not wrong! Indeed, in these ten minutes, the Zall team scored two goals in a row! It's amazing! At this moment, my heart is pounding-even if there is little hope, I will make unremitting efforts, because everyone has a chance to succeed. At 8 o'clock in the evening of July 10, my father and I went to Beijing Workers Stadium to watch a football match, which was a match between Beijing Zhonghe Guoan and Chongqing Siwei. I feel that this game will be fierce before the game! But I guess Guoan will still win, and the final score should be 3: 1! At the beginning of the game, I found that the Beijing team was in a bad state. When the Chongqing team attacked for the first time, defender Yu Dabao didn't pass the ball passed by his teammates, and made a small mistake. He is also the captain of the Beijing team! Soon after, the Chongqing team was going to attack, and a big foot passed the ball directly to the foot of a player of the Chongqing team. At this time, Yu Dabao was fighting for the ball with the Chongqing team members, but the ball didn't stop. Kardec of Chongqing team made a long shot, but goalkeeper Zou Dehai didn't stop it, and the goal was scored. However, it wasn't long before a Beijing player named Kim TaeYeon gave an assist just 40 seconds after playing. Park Sung scored with the first header. After the goal, all the Beijing fans in the stands were boiling, and they all shouted "goal, goal". I am no exception! Before long, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the half. At the beginning of the second half, I felt that the players of the Beijing team were in better shape than the first half! Only 30 seconds later, Chongqing handball in the penalty area was awarded a penalty by the referee. The penalty kick was taken by Augusto, vice captain of Beijing team. After the whistle, I saw Augustus kick the door, and the football flew into the goal like an arrow. Beijing now leads 2: 1! That's not all. Halfway through the second half, the vice-captain of the Beijing team passed people in a row and finally hit the door from the middle, but the ball was blocked by the Chongqing player and rolled to the foot of Beijing player biella. Almost empty, biella scored the ball easily. Do you think this is a score? No, Vieira gave Zhang Xizhe a free kick seven minutes before the end of the game. Zhang Xizhe turned around continuously, and the last kick slowly flew into the goal. Beijing team finally beat Chongqing team 4:/kloc-0. I am very happy and excited to see my favorite team win! By watching the football match, I realized that I should keep my confidence and stay strong at all times, so as to get the final result. Watch the football match composition 8 This afternoon, Class One, Grade Four and Class Three, Grade Four had another fierce match. After our entreaties, the teacher finally promised us to watch a wonderful and fierce football match. When they came to the stadium, the students were sweating for the ball. The goalkeeper in Class 3, Grade 4 is very good. When the ball was about to score, she made full use of her strength and kicked the ball into the sky at a very fast speed. The ball refused to fall from the sky as if it had wings. It may be that Qiu and Lu Kunlong chatted so happily that I forgot the students who were fighting for the ball below. It was not until Lu Kunlong reminded the ball that it was time to go back to the playground that Lu Kunlong bid farewell to flying back to the playground and continued to let his classmates treat him like a baby. Maybe the goalkeeper is proud that he can play such a high ball. She accidentally broke into the goal! Goal! ! ! ! The students in Class 4 1 are all cheering, and the athletes are proud of their goals. However, the students in Class 4 and Class 3 regret their absentmindedness. In the second half, Class 4 1 didn't feel proud of leading, but continued to concentrate on scoring goals, but Class 43 didn't want to fall behind. Finally, everyone Qi Xin scored together and the playground cheered! ! The fierce competition continued, and Class 4 1 won another goal in a modest spirit. With a whistle, the game was over. As a result, Class One won, two to one, four to one. The cheers of the audience flooded in, and the playground was a scene of victory. Then there are Class 5 1 and Class 53, but at this exciting moment, I will accompany Zhou Tianle back to the classroom. It's a pity, but I'm still very happy, because I learned a lot of football skills. Next, let me talk about my experience! The experience is that when we play football, we must dare to grab the ball, don't be afraid, we must hold down our own half to score. Students, what other experiences do you have? Just tell us! ! This afternoon, every classroom in our school turned on the TV, and all the teachers and students focused on the match between China and Costa Rica. With a whistle, the game officially began. The students are all staring at the TV screen with rapt attention. Everyone waved colorful flags, held high slogans to cheer for the China team and shouted the slogan "Team China will win". The warm atmosphere of the whole school is no less than the competition scene in Korea. I saw China team members with the ball, breaking through each other's layers of defense and approaching the goal. Suddenly, the students screamed, "Go!" "shoot!" "Quick!" ..... Some students were so anxious that they danced, and some students were so excited that they kept banging on the table. It's almost time to shoot. At this time, the Costa Rican player who hugged China squeezed his body and took a step forward with his left foot. That China athlete was almost knocked down, and the ball ... "Oh, what a pity!" The excitement of the students immediately cooled down. Then, China desperately snatched the ball back from the opponent's feet and rushed to the goal. The other party also tried every means to stop it, even deliberately knocking down people and pulling people. Seeing this, the students were very angry and shouted, "Foul, foul!" " "Everyone can't wait to catch the foul player. The referee fined Costa Rica three yellow cards and we felt much better. The game goes on like this. China has not scored yet. I said to myself: Come on, China, it's no problem to beat Costa Rica. Come on! I watched the fierce football match while wishing my best for the China team. Both sides played tenaciously, and China failed in several shots. By the second half, China was exhausted, but Costa Rica found its best form and scored two goals in a row. The students kept cheering for the China team, and some students shouted themselves hoarse. But China lost 2-0 to Costa Rica. This score makes everyone very disappointed, with regret, sadness and resentment. But for the future of China football, everyone is full of hope, and I believe that China football can go well all the way. Watch the football match composition 10 This afternoon, my uncle took me to the stadium to watch the football match. The football field was surrounded by spectators. At the beginning of the game, the players of the yellow team and the blue team lined up to enter the football field, and the enthusiastic audience immediately applauded. As soon as the referee blew the whistle, the players from both sides scrambled to play. They ran like tigers on the court, desperately grabbing the ball and kicking it into the opponent's goal. The audience stared at the ball under the athlete's feet and kept shouting, "Come on! Come on! "The Yellow Team 10 player received the ball from the No.9 player at half-time, and he took the ball to the opponent's goal. At this time, two members of the blue team ran quickly to grab the ball. Player 10 cleverly escaped the opponent's interception and brought the ball to the goal. Although a defender of the blue team rushed to stop it, it was too late. At this time, player 10 suddenly lifted his leg and shot, and the ball flew to the goal of the blue team. When the goalkeeper of the blue team saw the ball coming, he rushed to meet it. However, the ball flew too fast and he missed it. The ball went into the goal. At this time, the audience shouted: "Good shot! Good shot! "In this way, the yellow team ended the first half with 1-0. In the second half, the competition between the two sides became more intense, and the athletes were more energetic and sweaty. Towards the end of the second half, the yellow team got a kick. A member of the yellow team flew up and saw the ball flying towards the goal. Player 8, who was waiting in front of the goal, suddenly jumped up and headed the ball into the goal. Suddenly, the audience cheered loudly for this beautiful header. Finally, the yellow team won 2-0. I am very happy to see this wonderful football match. 1 1 The highly anticipated "Greentown Cup" China International Volleyball Competition was held in Zhoushan Gymnasium. Looking at the billboard of ambassador Zhou, I thought: when can I see the game of the top international teams? Last night, I sat in the audience and watched the showdown between China and Dominica. The scene cheered as soon as the athletes appeared. In an instant, shouts, sticks and applause were everywhere ... I also knocked on the wooden stick excitedly. 19: 30 officially kicked off. Although China players didn't send Wang to play, due to frequent mistakes by Dominican players, China took the opportunity to quickly establish an advantage and won the first game with 25: 17. I saw Dominican players wearing blankets while resting, while China players were wiping their sweat with towels and asked their mothers doubtfully. My mother told me that Dominica is a tropical country in Latin America. I see, our team members took advantage of the geographical position first! In the second game, although our China team was preconceived and started 5: 1, Dominica approached step by step, and when the score approached, my heart was clenched tightly. I shouted "Come on, China! "Come on, China ..." The women's volleyball players are like a motor full of oil, re-exerting their strength, confusing the opponent's rhythm and finally defeating the opponent with 25: 17. Look, this is the power of human harmony! China, who won two games in a row, was more confident and swept Dominica with no effort, which made a good start. I sincerely admire the tenacious fighting spirit of the athletes, and I am even more proud of our China women's volleyball team. Look at the football composition 12 "Come on, 5 1 class! 5 1 shift come on! " Where did the shouts come from? Oh, it turns out that the students of Class 3 (2) are watching the ball game of Class 5 (1)PK 5(4)! In the afternoon, the PE teacher took us to watch the ball game. As soon as I arrived at the stadium, I saw the students of Class Five (1) throwing the ball, and I was secretly envious. I think my brother's class is very good. Every time he concedes a goal, he can get it back and score again. Suddenly, a classmate of Class 5 (4) grabbed the ball and threw it on the backboard. I saw my brother try his best to block the ball, the rackets fell off one by one, grabbed the basketball back and shot quickly. My brother ran to the three-point line and made a trick of "three-step layup" and threw it into the basket. As soon as we saw it, Class Five (1) scored another goal and shouted, "Class Five (1), come on!" Students in Class 5 (4) are not to be outdone. Class 5 (1), when passing the ball, they actually took it away. This trick is really invisible, and it is invisible! It took us half a day to figure it out. Class five (1) is not easy to mess with. At the last minute of the draw, all the players were like tigers going down the mountain, with blue eyes and staring at the basketball on the field. At this time, the whole stadium was boiling, and the shouts and shouts were connected. Some shouted for Class Five (1); Some shouted for Class 5 (4); Others can't wait to grab the ball immediately and go to the game by themselves! Class 5 (1) has now entered an "invincible" state, and some are preventing the other side from attacking; Some stick to the backboard; Others are fighting for the ball. The two sides are deadlocked. The last five classes (1) and five classes (4) were neck and neck and tied. I think this afternoon's competition is not only their physical strength and endurance, but also their team spirit. Isn't this an example that we should follow? This is really a wonderful game that I will never forget! Watching the composition of the football match 13 It's dead of night, and my family is sitting in front of the TV. what are you reading? Watching the World Cup football match, of course. This is a match between Germany and Argentina. Dad asked me, "Which team do you think will win the game?" I answered without hesitation: "Germany!" Dad smiled and said, "Then I choose Argentina." At the beginning of the game, the striker of the Argentine team rushed into the half court of the German team at the fastest speed. Germany's defender and center both stepped forward to stop it. Argentina's striker bypassed one player after another, but was stopped by two defenders. But when the striker kicked to the right, another Argentine striker suddenly jumped out. The exciting moment has arrived! The striker broke into the German team's restricted area and opened a big foot. The goalkeeper jumped up quickly, but the ball turned a corner in the air. This is a goal! Dad looked at me with a smile, quite proud, as if the victory was in the bag, as if to say, "Argentina will win the game today!" " "I thought to myself: Don't be proud, the German team will definitely fight back! The game has started again. The German striker kicked the ball directly to the striker near the goal. The ball made a beautiful arc in the air. The striker near the goal saw the ball coming and jumped up and threw it at the goal, but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper. Who knows that the ball hit one of its own players and bounced back. The earth-shattering cry came again: "Yes! "A beautiful own goal! I gave my father a triumphant look and found him frowning at the music. The second half began. In this game, neither side can score goals, so they can only play slowly. With only five minutes left, Germany won a penalty for a foul by a player from Argentina. My father and I clenched our fists. " Bang! "With a sound, football across another arc in the air. The goalkeeper jumped hard, but he was late. His hand was a centimeter short of the ball and he couldn't stop it. I knelt on the ground and shouted happily, "The ball is in, killing people!" " "Dad smiled helplessly. It turns out that watching the ball game in front of the TV is so interesting. I hope you have a chance to see it. Today, my mother and I went to the gym to watch the basketball match between Bayi team and Chouzhou team. I am so excited! As soon as we entered the stadium, the whole scene was surrounded by people, and everyone was talking about the athletes of Bayi team. The game began, and the athletes entered and waved to the audience. The audience under the stage also burst into warm applause, so lasting! When the whistle sounded, the brave Bayi player Wang caught the ball and quickly turned around and threw it into the basket. The opponent served, and foreign aid Smith hit several three-pointers in succession. Bayi team fell behind, and then the coach called a time-out! The athletes gathered around to listen to what the coach was saying. The game continued, and with the unremitting efforts of Bayi team, the points were finally chased back. This time, the audience stood up and cheered loudly, "Come on, Bayi Team! Come on, Bayi team! " At the end of the game, the score of Bayi team exceeded that of Chouzhou team by more than ten points. The cheerleaders were crazy, too, and ran around the stadium with flags! A few minutes before the game, another foreign aid of Chouzhou team buckled several balls and was about to catch up with Bayi team. "Come on, Bayi Team!" I prayed silently in my heart. A few seconds before the game, Smith broke the ball in Bayi team's hand with a gun, made a three-pointer and the ball hit the basket and jumped out! ! The whistle sounded and the game was over! Bayi team leads by three points! Bayi team won! People stood up and waved their cheerleaders! With a splash, it shook the whole stadium! In my opinion, no matter who wins or loses, this game is the best! They won without arrogance and rashness, and lost with grace! Their skills are amazing and their morality is noble. They stepped on the wooden floor and turned out the magic handed down from ancient times! Every drop of their sweat is precious. So I think this game is very exciting! After dinner tonight, I remembered that there was a men's basketball match between Shanghai and Shandong at 7: 30 tonight. I turned on the TV in a hurry, and soon the game began. First of all, the Shanghai team grabbed the ball and attacked fiercely. In less than a minute, they had a small climax of 5: 0. However, the Shandong team seems to be a little out of shape, when the head coach of the Shandong team immediately called a timeout. After the timeout, Shandong team easily fixed the score at 19: 9, and Shandong team took the lead. At this time, the first section is over. In the second quarter, Shandong team once again fought in different places, and continued to expand the score by taking advantage of the accuracy of three-point long-range shooting and high internal cooperation. By the end of the second quarter, Shandong team expanded the score to 2 1 minute. The third quarter began again, and the Shandong team continued its offensive and maintained a 20-point lead. It can be said that victory has been laid in advance. However, in the fourth quarter, something unexpected happened. Maybe I'm too nervous. Shandong team made too many mistakes. The experienced Shanghai team seized the opportunity, fought back and attacked tenaciously. Even scored 12 points and finally equalized the score. The last moment was even more thrilling, and the score was103; 103 draw, Shandong team was eager to win, and Shanghai team hit two free throws without paying attention to the players' movements. In the end, Shandong team lost to Shanghai team. What a pity! Shandong team how so disappointing! Is it lack of experience? Still a little underestimating the enemy? How could the sure Shandong team lose to the Shanghai team like this? I'm confused. I cried many times. I swear, when I grow up, I want to be a basketball player, join the Shandong team, practice my skills hard and avenge the Shandong team, so that the Shandong team will be invincible and become an old-fashioned powerhouse!
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