The Failure and Redemption

THE BIG DAY

The day started with me being hell a nervous about the football match which was about to be held that evening and I was kinda nervous because I was out of touch and I thought I will let my teammates down , The match started at about 3:45 and I was forced to play the last man which was the position that I hated the most and soon the players started coming from all directions It was like all were in a hurry to hit the goal I blocked most of the shots my soles were in pain due to a previous injury and I made a few mistakes but none resulted in us losing points and we scored the first point and the first half got over just like that and I was very happy seeing my team in lead and we knew now the challenge is just gonna increase to whole new level and as the second half started I was kinda getting into the momentum of the game and made some really good blocks I made a blunder , I accidentally miss passed and It got converted into a goal , my team mates told me to cheer up but I was really out of it and I started to feel the pressure and boy o boy I made mistake after mistake , It was more like a symphony of mistakes , and then I made it back into the zone and started to block most of the shots but right after when I thought I was doing OK I made a foul which led to a free kick very close to the penalty line and because of my team's help we avoided a point loss and the match ended in a draw and instead of a overtime it directly went to penalty shoot out and they asked the starting 5 for the shootout and I was one of them , Everyone was lining up to hit the shot at first and this dummy dum dum thought that being at the last means that the match will be over before me , The first shot was taken by our opponent and it was bottom corner goal and yeah we thought OK we can catch up and our teammate barely missed it and then other guy came BOOM shot goal then our guy also made the goal and we went on like that , We were struck in a critical situation of 1-3 we had to hit both the goals to win and if we miss any one of em we lose our Team captain scored the hit and made it 2-3 and I really wished the opponent would score so that I wouldn't have to a thing but he missed that bloody rascal and we were in a tight spot I looked around to see if any others were present to take the shot and all were looking at me like I'm the one to take the shot , I looked around and thought man we doomed ourselves and then , THE pressure I had when the signal came for me to hit the shot was like I was being crushed alive by an parade of elephants and I took it , I saw the right side and hit the ball to the left side the goalie was experienced and he jumped to the left side ................................. but it went to the bottom corner so I made it , It was cloud of adrenaline or whatever I could not define the feeling I felt It was like I was at top of everything  and we made it a draw but the thing continued until 10 - 10 finally it got to the end at a sudden death shootout and we won I'm sure everyone of my teammates felt that rush and made it in even those who didn't were not to blame because it all comes down to luck and skill and then in that happiness I completely forgot that my phone was broken in the morning because of my carelessness and I asked my friend to remove the temper glass and fortunately my phone escaped without a hitch and I slept like a baby.