THE GAME KICKED off five minutes later and immediately Rockwell Rangers were on the attack. They were passing the ball really well but at one point, just as he was about to intercept, Byron slipped, missed his challenge and they were bearing down on our defence. But then Emma came flying in from her position and took the ball away from one of their players. The lad went flying as Emma took him out too, but the ref saw it as a foul and gave Rangers a direct free kick just outside our box. ‘REF!’ shouted Dal’s dad from the sidelines. ‘That was a clean tackle.’ The ref shook his head and walked up to Emma. He had a few words with her and then the Rangers’ captain, who was called Michael, placed the ball. He took three steps back and then tried to curl the ball over our wall into the top corner of the goal. But Gem was equal to it and she sprang into action, palming the ball away for a corner. Steven and Dal congratulated her a Rangers lined up for the corner kick. The ball was soon back in our box but this time Emma won it fairly and ran with it, out of the box and across to the left, where she played it to Ant.
