捷克和南非，一比一踢平了

Many people love watching football.

I love watching football too.

Today, I want to talk about a football match.

Many people wanted to watch this match.

In this match, there are two teams.

Both teams are very good at football.

Both teams want to win.

Both teams also want to play well.

Everyone wanted to watch this match.

Lots and lots of people came to watch.

The people watching were all happy.

Which of the two teams would win?

Everyone wanted to know.

Both of these teams really wanted to win.

They both wanted to play very well.

Everyone really wanted to watch them play.

There were a lot of people watching this match too.

Both teams wanted to play well.

Everyone wondered: how many goals would there be today?

And wondered: who would win today?

Okay, now let's watch this match.

Of these two teams, one is Czechia.

The other is South Africa.

Czechia comes from Europe.

South Africa comes from Africa.

The two teams are similar in quality.

So no one knew who would win.

Okay, the match has begun.

Both teams want to score.

"To score" means kicking the ball into the goal.

Not long after kickoff, Czechia scored a goal.

This goal came very early.

One to nil — Czechia was ahead.

Czechia's fans were all happy.

They thought: today we'll win.

But South Africa didn't give up.

South Africa wanted to score too, and to play well.

South Africa's players kept pushing forward, wanting to pull the goal back.

They ran hard and weren't afraid of Czechia at all.

The match went on for a long time, still one to nil.

Czechia stayed ahead, and South Africa kept trying to catch up.

South Africa tried many times, but couldn't score.

Czechia defended well, and South Africa found it hard to score.

The people watching wondered: can South Africa equalize?

Everyone really wanted to know how it would turn out.

The minutes ticked away.

It looked like the match was about to end.

Right as the match was about to finish, South Africa won a penalty.

"A penalty" is a great chance to score.

South Africa's player slotted the ball home!

One to one — South Africa had equalized!

South Africa's players were all happy.

South Africa's fans jumped up with joy.

They shouted loudly, they cheered loudly.

Because this goal came so late, and was so important.

They had waited a long time for this goal.

After this goal, the match soon ended.

In the end, the match finished, one to one.

Each team earned one point.

For South Africa, this was a very good result.

Because they had been behind the whole time and only equalized at the end.

To equalize was really not easy.

They didn't give up and battled all the way to the end.

So they earned a point too.

For Czechia, this result was a bit of a shame.

They were ahead the whole time, but didn't win in the end.

They could have taken three points, but ended up with only one.

After the match, many people were talking about it.

Some said South Africa was very tenacious and never gave up.

Others said Czechia was a little unlucky today.

Actually, this is the fun thing about football.

Until the very end, no one knows the result.

Even if you're behind the whole time, you might still equalize at the end.

So players must never give up.

A goal at the very end is the most memorable.

Alright, that's it for today's football match.

Czechia and South Africa drew one to one.

South Africa's late equalizer really is hard to forget.

Thank you for listening — see you next time.