Minute 19
I was the first on my team to touch the ball, and all I had to do was pick it up from behind the net, once a spectator had sent it my way.
The Faucons team had started with possession, controlling the ball at kick-off: they sent the ball all the way back to their GK, which took us by surprise, as if inviting us to go get it over there. For the first 26 seconds, they passed the ball back and forth and laterally with very good precision, so much so to the point that we could not intercept it at all. Nobody on our team touched the ball, or said anything either, as if we had been muted by the swift actions of the opposing team. Mind you, mostly everybody was put off, for neither coaches nor parents said anything at all. The first one to break the silence was Williams, shouting “Lyn
