I'm a football fan¹. 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 goal². 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 fans³ 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 defender⁴ of France, Desailly got a red card and was sent out. I began to worry about France. But France defended⁵ 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 president⁶ 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 golden⁷ world cup, the fans of France in Saint-Denis Field broke into deafening⁸ cheers⁹.

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.

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