There was total silence in the stadium as the two protagonists prepared themselves for the shoot. The Bulgarians had been awarded a penalty. The crowd which wasn’t exactly in agreement with the ref had stopped booing and insulting the ref..
Then came the ref’s whistle. The player took his shot. The Maltese goalkeeper dived to the correct side of the goalpost. He would have caught the ball but it just skimmed the goal post and went out. All together the 5000 Maltese supporters burst in a big, hurrah. The game was still safe but Malta still lost with a goal scored in the second half.
Took the shot with my Panasonic. Not the best of pictures but I had to keep the speed low to avoid raising the ISO considerably which would have resulted in a lot of noise.
Joke: David Beckham is visiting a school.
In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a 'tragedy'. One little boy stands up and offers that if my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street and a car came along and killed him that would be a tragedy. "No," Beckham says, "that would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved..... that would be a tragedy." "I'm afraid not," explains Beckham. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent, none of the children volunteer. "What?" asks Beckham, "Isn't there any one here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says "If an airplane carrying David Beckham was blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy." Beckham beams. "Marvellous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?" "Well," says the boy "because it wouldn't be an accident and it certainly wouldn't be a great loss."
We always hold our breath when those penalty shots are fired, don't we? Unless it's our team that's taking the shot! Great action shot- he's got good form!
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