(Third person pov)
"His team just conceded two goals and he's laughing" exclaimed Emma looking at Matt who was smiling, looking at the game.
'Thats some Slytherin behaviour' thought Emma with displeasure.
It was 42th minute, England had conceded twice in last few minutes.
"Isn't he! He can laugh, they are playing horrible" said Cara.
"But they're a team! He's being an prick, just cause he didn't get to play" said Emma, she didn't liked his attitude, a thought shared by many others on the bench.
While Emma and Cara argued, Mark intercept a pass and immediately went to attack.
Levi made the run on the left wing, collecting the ball, he cut right but was blocked by two defenders, looking at Fraizer who stood in the centre, he passed the ball to Davis who with one touch passed him again.
Levi gave a lofted pass to Fraizer who headed the ball towards goal.
The ball touch goalkeepers fingers but hit the side net.
Fraizer ran and did a knee slide on the corner, making a shooting sign with his fingers.
"Oh! They've got the ball! Look, it's a goal!" Exclaimed Pandora on her feet clapping.
The English crowd celebrated the goal, on the bench everyone stood up and cheered, Matt too was clapping.
"That's what I'm talking about! Get it" yelled John from the sideline, he was quite nervous, he felt at ease, it's just one goal lead now.
The game was 1-2 Ukraine, going on to the half time.
"Let's get something to eat!" Said Pandora leaving for a food stall.
The players moved into dressing room one by one, they were a little disappointed, as they had momentum just before the whistle.
"Mark, drop deep, I want you to build up the play, and Levi no more tackles you got one card already, leave defending to defenders." John barked the orders, Matt listen quietly.
"Matt, you ready" asked Coach, making everyone look at him.
"Davis, you're out. Richard you're out too, I want fresh set of legs" said John.
Richard and Davis were visibly displeased but didn't say anything to the coach.
"It's too buttery, I liked emmas croissant more" said Cara nibbling down a brown french croissant.
"Here" said Emma exchanging hers.
"Hmn, but flakes are good in this one" said Emma.
Pandora looked at the girls with stars in her eyes, 'Its like I have two girls' she thought.
"Oh they're on the field again" said Pandora.
"Matt's playing! Yes! Go Matt!" As soon as she spotted number 10 jersey, she raised her croissant and started cheering.
People sitting around them looked at her and laughed and clapped which made her sit down and stuff her mouth again.
11 × Davis, 10->Matt, signaled ref from the sideline.
He jumped twice and clapped his hand with Davis, who scowled a little.
It was Ukraine on the ball, taking a defending position, he stood between their midfielder and striker, blocking two passing channels.
It didn't take long for Matt to receive the ball, A failed attack from Ukraine's side did the job.
Still near the half line, he made a sprint towards the goal, his pace was impressive but Ukrainian defender were faster.
Seeing two defenders, Matt dropped his shoulder and cut left and shot the ball from outside the box, ball curled beautifully and hit the left corner leaving keeper to the ground.
Seeing the ball in Matt rushed towards where Cara was sitting and pointed at her, which made the girl jump, while shouting his name.
The crowd went wild, it was another amazing goal, and England's crowd isn't known to be tamed.
"THAT'S MY BROTHER! MATT!" she shouted making Emma and Pandora embarrassed.
The team celebrated the Equalizer, Levi jumped and hugged him, Mark ruffled his hair. He had scored a goal, and it took him 3 minutes.
"That was amazing, oh Mum and dad is not gonna believe this, hold this let me click few pictures" said Pandora handing her bag to Cara.
Emma suddenly pinched Cara's both cheeks, "You idiot, why didn't you tell me he was soo good! "
"Ouch, he he wasn't always like this! When we used to Play in the garden I beat him many times!" Said Cara wincing.
"He let you win donkey!" Said Emma
"Hey! I'm not a donkey" said Cara
"You are, a lying donkey" said Emma not backing down.
"Look he got the ball again" said Pandora.
Matt glanced up and shot the ball towards Levi, who ran between two defenders, with one touch of his left, he kicked ball hard, making it past the keeper.
Levi ran pointing towards Matt who had his hand up as England celebrated.
"You absolute beauty" said Levi hugging Matt who just patted his back.
"Class pass mate!" Said Mark.
2-3 to England.
The game was going good for England, they had gained their momentum back, Ukrainian looked lackluster which made the coach fume, he began substitution.
He took out one defender and midfielder, and added one striker.
"Be agressive! Press them for possession! Move!" Yelled Ukraine's coach, his head vein visible.
John on his side was sitting on the bench, he was relaxed seeing Matt control the midfield.
The game began, Ukrain started approaching the box, Matt marked their Midfielder who pushed him away with ease making Matt frown.
There were 2 Ukraine players inside box, a cross came from the winger, the header connect but went wide making England's fans sigh with relief.
(Commentary box - french Local news channel)
"That was dangerous Louise, Ukraine almost scored, they are keeping the English on their toes"
"You're absolutely right Lauren, this game is turning out to be an absolute banger. And it's the first game of the tournament!" Said Louise.
"Oh, England's back to attack. Nobel to David, a long pass to Delevigne and what a beautiful touch! He's 12, the youngest in the competition! " Barked Lauren.
"There's two defenders pressing Delevigne, oh! He dribbles past Maxym Gladkiy, he's sprinting fast but Maxym close, uhh, that's got to hurt, Delevigne down by Maxym" said Louise
"That's a yellow Lauren no doubts, and the ref takes out a card. Awarding a freekick to England" said Lauren
"And it looks like he's not injured which is good, Delevigne standing on back of the ball, is he taking the freekick?" Said Louise
"It looks like that, ref drew the line for the wall, Delevigne on the ball, England's player ready to run" said Lauren.
"Delevigne takes few step backs, It's a 24-25 yards freekick, surely it's too far for him to think -- WOAH" exclaimed Louise.
"HE'S DONE IT! ladies and gentlemen, Delevigne scored what probably will be goal of the Euros." Said Lauren, he was standing up.
"Look at the crowd Lauren! Its going wild, it seems the English has produced another beckham" said Louise.
"Oh I'm not so sure Louise, do you think beckham would have scored that at 12? It's Delevigne that did" said Lauren.
"You're absolutely right Lauren, look at the Ukraine's players, they look hopeless" said Louise.
"After that freekick? Any team would be" said Lauren
[Commentary end]
2-4 England.
The English crowd covered the most seats, slowly the students that had come to watch the game started chanting England's name.
It was overwhelming for the Ukrainian players, suddenly they felt cautious, their touches became brittle. Finally they were feeling nervous and anxious after 65 minutes of Play.
The game kicked off again, Matt remained deep in the midfield, the Ukrainian players were now more focused on kicking players than ball.
Ref gave cards left and right, but England remain still.
3-5, the final score.
England had scored another from a corner, Matt took the corner, which headed by Mark.
After whistle,
England
Matt - 2 Goals, 2 Assists
Levi - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Fraizer - 1 Goal, 1 Assist.
Mark- 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Ukraine
Olexander Rybka - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
Olexander Yakovenko - 2 Goal (1 Penalty kick)
Maxym Gladkiy- 1 Assist
Ukraine's players heads hung low, they swiftly shook English players hands and left the ground.
[Imagine it's in french and English in french Accent]
"The first game of UEFA 2004 Euros came to end and what a game it was, there couldn't have been a better start. Now with me is the player of the match, Matthew Delevigne of England and coach John peacock" said the blonde woman, she represented a local tv and hadn't expected a match like that.
Initially she wasn't going to be here, but right now, she was glad, she knew, the channels gonna earn a lot selling the footage of this interview to England's media houses.
Matt clueless to the French just smiled awkwardly.
"Hello Matthew, you were brilliant today" said reporter switching to English, she had french accent, which made Matt a little nervous, it was his first interview.
"Thankyou" said Matt.
"You scored two brilliant goals today, and assisted two, an amazing debut for the team, you came in at half time, what was going through your head" she said wriggling her brows.
"I just wanted team to win, gaffa had given me instructions to play and I just did that" said Matt pointing at John who was smiling at them.
"Is it your first time in France?" She asked, to which Matt nodded.
"How are you finding france then?" She asked curiously.
"I've not seen much, the training grounds are good" said Matt awkwardly laughing.
"You should visit paris when you are at it, its the most beautiful city in the world" she said with a hint of arrogance.
"Sure" said Matt with a strained smile.
"Now, 2 goals and 2 Assists, but still short of a hattrick, do you regret not having more time", a trick question, this could be a headline.
"We won so no regrets" said Matt with a smile.
"That's amazing team spirit from the youngest player of the tournament, thankyou for entertaining us Matthew, enjoy your moment" she said wrapping up the interview, it seems the kid had been trained for the media, which disappointed her a little.
She went on to interview John, who was polite as Matt, but also talked down to Ukraine's fouling tactics.
Matt's jersy was soaked, as he walked he spotted his family near the corner, they had walked down to meet him, without waiting he jogged towards them.
Matt jumped the side banners and landed infront of Cara who jumped on him.
He smiled and hugged her back, "I didn't know you were coming, aunty didn't tell me about you two" he said glancing at Emma.
Pandora just affectionately ruffled his hair and smiled, "well she wanito surprise you" she said pointing at Cara.
"I'm sweaty Cara" said Matt removing her, cara realising smelled her hands, "EWWW, you should have told me before" she said teary eyed.
"Haha you didn't let me" said Matt with a laugh.
Today was the best day for him. He made his debut finally in professional football infront of his family, he was all smiles right now.
Cara pouted but didn't retort, she glanced back at Emma and nodded, "Well... We. I wanted to say sorry to you. I said bad things about you" said Cara, tears dripped from her eyes as she sniffles.
Matt hugged her again, "You idiot, it's okay, I forgave you a long time ago" he said making her brawl.
He gave a awkward smile to Pandora who was clicking pictures of them.
"Hey! Don't hug me" she said looking aggrieved.
He just laughed making her smile a little in return.
"I thought you would hate me" she murmured.
"I'll never hate you rabbit" he said patting her, she just hummed.
Emma gulped, it was her turn now, she was nervous.