A Happy Day of Mine

重庆市育才中学初中三年级 蒋屹

I'm a football fan. I will remember July the thirteenth forev-er. I was very happy that day.

That day, the final of the '98 World Cup soccer game was held in Saint-Denis Field in France. This game was between two strong teams: France and Brazil. I like European teams, so I sup-ported France.

The match began. I was glad to see that France had a lot of good chances to get the goal. But France didn't get any goal until the 26th minute in this match. At that time, France got a corner kick on the right. Petit kicked out the ball. Then the number Ten of France, Zidane, headed the ball into the goal! Great! How hap-py the fans of France in Saint-Denis Field were! I was happy, too. I jumped up, and sang "01e,01e,We are the champ" with my friends.

When the first half was nearly over, France got another cor-ner kick on the left. Djorkaef kicked it out. The ball went in front of the goal. Oh! Good header! Zidane headed a goal again!

In the second half, France still played well, but their for-wards were not good enough, and some chances were wasted by them. Then, the defender of France, Desailly got a red card and was sent out. I began to worry about France. But France defended as well as before. The match was nearly over. Just then, Dugarry, Viera and Petit made a high-speed counter-attack. Petit kicked the third goal for France! The president of France was so glad that he stood up, putting up his hands and shouting happily. You may not know how happy I was at that time. All of my friends and I thought that Zidane was the hero of France in this match.

When Deschamps, the captain of France- held up the golden world cup, the fans of France in Saint-Denis Field broke into deafening cheers.

The nicest thing for a football fan is to see the team which he supports get the world cup. You know, I'm a football fan. I like French football team. I enjoyed that match and I enjoyed July the thirteenth of 1998, because France got the world cup. That was really a happy day of mine.

指导教师：邓渝滨