“Laduuuma, laduuuma – goal! Goal!” I hear from all around me and then as if from far away, the sound of the shouting, cheering crowd and the excited voice of the announcer: “The first goal for the Lions – scored by Themba! It’s now 2:1 in favour of the Sharks, with four minutes to go.”
In those final moments, our side makes another beautiful attack, like a farewell flourish. It narrowly misses the goal posts of the other side. In the counter-attack, there are some tense moments in our own goal area. Lindi copes like a pro, and gets well-deserved applause when she performs a brilliant kick into the opponents’ half. Then the final whistle goes. Sipho and the captain of the Sharks run towards each other and shake hands. Sipho congratulates his team on the victory and the other captain apolog
