Learn · Sentences Describing a Match

The match was decided by a single penalty kick in the last minute of extra time.

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Sentence

Narrator

The match was decided by a single penalty kick in the last minute of extra time.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

To win close matches, you need to practice penalty kicks.

Describing Habits

In crucial moments, the team's penalty kick skills often decide the outcome.

Asking About Others

How did the team manage to score the winning penalty kick?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If the penalty kick had been missed, the match would have gone to a shootout.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The outcome of the match was determined by a solitary penalty kick executed in the final minute of extra time.

Casual

One penalty kick in extra time decided the whole game.

Simpler English

A penalty kick won the game at the very end.

Phrases to learn

penalty kick

A kick taken from the penalty mark, often deciding a game.

extra time

Additional time added to a game if it ends in a draw.