Red Line 3, Coursebook

18 e i ghteen E “No,” he said. “But the Russians didn’t play fair either. They substituted a player, but he stayed on the pitch, so they had twelve players, not eleven. Some people even say they had 15 players on the field at the end of the match.” “No way!” said Tess. “But why didn’t the referee stop the game?” “Well, you know,” said Mr Barnes, “things were different back then. It wasn’t as easy to travel as it is today. It took the Russian team a long time to get to London for the game.” “Oh, I didn’t think of that!” Sarah smiled. Mr Barnes really was quite interesting. He knew a lot. “But that wasn’t all,” said Mr Barnes. “The fog got worse and worse. Then, in about the seventieth minute, the Arsenal goalkeeper had an accident. He couldn’t see the goal post! He ran into it and hurt his leg badly.” “So Arsenal had one player missing again,” said Sarah. She couldn’t stop laughing now. “No,” said Mr Barnes. “They took him off the field, but an Arsenal fan played in goal for the rest of the match.” F “And did Arsenal win?” asked Tess. “No,” said Mr Barnes. “The Russians won four-three.” Suddenly the doorbell rang. It was Sarah’s mum. They thanked Mr Barnes and went back to Sarah’s house. A week later Sarah asked, “Mum, can I take some of these apples to Mr Barnes after football today?” Sarah’s mum looked surprised and smiled. 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Mr Barnes made them some hot chocolate and they sat on his big, old sofa. Next to them was a table with an old vase and lots of photos. Most of them were old, black and white photos, and one was a picture of a football team. “Are you in this picture, Mr Barnes?” Sarah asked. “Oh, I didn’t play for that team,” he said and smiled. “That’s Dynamo Moscow. I saw them in November 1945. They played against Arsenal atWhite Hart Lane. That was a match to remember. It was quite different from any other match I’ve ever seen.” D “Why?” asked Sarah. She felt happier now. Maybe her mum was right about Mr Barnes. “Well, it all started very well,” he said, and smiled as he remembered. “Then one of the Arsenal players had a fight with one of the Russian players. The referee sent the Arsenal player off the field. Suddenly it got really foggy. We had a lot of fog in London when I was a boy. The referee couldn’t see the pitch very well and the Arsenal player came back onto the pitch again.” “That’s not fair,” said Tess. Sarah laughed, and Mr Barnes smiled again. He looked much friendlier now, and didn’t seem so old. 40 45 50 55 60 65 1 Check-in Language Talkwise Text Wordwise Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv