Commentary

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This is a list of things the commentators may say during game-play.

## Goal Quotes:

### GOAL QUOTES:

* "Stunning goal here, as he hits the back of the net with ease!"
* "His teammates join him to start the celebrations. Great goal!"
* "What a free kick, great goal!"

### VOLLEY QUOTES:

* Well it came at an awkward height, but he did connect well, and timed the volley to perfection"
* "Now that really was a great volley"

### EQUALIZING GOAL QUOTES:

* Nice finish, He's put them back into it!"
* There's a look of confidence about the team now as they draw level"
* "Great work from the team to get back into the match"

## Offside Quotes

* "And he's well offside"
* "Good work by the defense, just offside"
* "Player's not happy with that decision, but he did seem to stray slightly offside."
* "Referee calls play back for an offside"
* "I don't know why the assistant had trouble raising his flag he was clearly offside"

## Onside Quotes

* "The defenders are looking at the assistant, but the flag stays down!"
* "And he's stayed onside!"
* "That was close"

## Shooting quotes

### FROM DISTANCE:

* "Well he's a long way out"
* "Long ranger"
* "Has a crack from distance!"
* "He has a go!"
* "Tries his luck!"
* "Tries his luck from the distance!"
* "That's an optimistic effort"

### CLOSE SHOT:

* "Here's (player's name)!"
* "this great player is the best!''
* "Has a dig."
* "It's (Player's name)!"
* "Don't mess with this great player
* "(Player's Name)"

### HEADER:

* ''Oh he tries a header!"
* "Off his head"

## Goalie save/collection

* "(Goalie's name) collects".
* "(Goalie's name) saves."
* "Great save by (keeper's name)"
* "Oh and it's saved by (keeper's name."
* "Another great save by (keeper's name)"
* "Great save by (keeper's name), I think it was going in!"
* "Aww, fantastic reflex save by (keeper's name)!"
* "Easy for the goalkeeper there!"
* "Confident catch by the goalie"
* "(Goalie's name), unbelievable save!"
* "(Goalie's name), with Another brilliant save!"
* "He must have seen it very late wonderful save!"
* "And he has forced the goalkeeper into an excellent save!"
* "Keeper got a good hands behind that"
* "That's confident goalkeeping there"
* "Let's look at that wonderful save again!"

## Missed Goals

### NEAR MISS:

* "Ooh what a mess
* "I'm not sure (keeper's name) had that one"
* "You know I thought that was going in and I think half the crowd did as well!"
* "Ooh he tried his best
* "You'd expect a player of his talent, to at least hit the target"
* "Ooh that's just off target!"
* "Close, but not close enough"I am a lose
* "Did well to engineer his shot, unlucky not to score"
* "He almost started celebrating so unlucky"
* "Just needed a bit more composure to get that shot on target"
* "Keeper, really glad to see that one go over. I'm not sure he would've got to that!"
* "Few inches lower and it would have been in"

### BIG MISS:

* "(player's name) Should have done better with that one"
* "Not the best effort there"
* "That's well wide"
* "That's well over"
* "He got under that a bit too much I think"
* "That's high, and won't trouble the keeper."
* "Oh he's put it into row Z"
* "He won't want us to show him a replay of that one"
* "He should have been on target!"

## Kicks

### GOAL KICK:

* "Easy decision then, it's a goal kick."
* "That will be a goal kick"
* "And just a goal kick."
* "Referee points for a goal kick"

### CORNER KICK:

* "Manager signals his centre-backs, to get forward for the corner"
* "Well there's some pushing going on inside the box"
* "Let's see what comes of this then"
* "Into the danger zone"
* "Into the danger area"
* "Whipped in with pace!"

## Tackles

* "Good challenge!"
* "(player's name) with A Great challenge"
* "Superb challenge"
* "Great tackle!"
* "Cleanly"
* "He takes the ball cleanly!"
* "Strong challenge there!" (only if it is barely legal)
* "Good stuff he reads the game so well"
* "Ooh he steps up to steal the ball!"
* "Defender regains possession, and now they'll try and break"
* "(Player's name) with the tackle"
* "And he's given possession away, in a dangerous place!"
* "That's a dangerous area to lose the ball"

## Foul Quotes

### FOUL WITHOUT CARD:

* "That's a reckless challenge"
* "That's a pointless challenge"
* "That's a bit cynical really. It's going to be a free kick"
* "Referee calls play back, for the earlier foul"
* "Referee tried to play the advantage there"
* "That's a rash challenge there"
* "Oh he lost his head there a bit, bad challenge"
* "Free kick then"
* "Oh, that's a foul!"
* "Oh, a very badly timed challenge"
* "Dangerous tackle!"

### FOUL WITH YELLOW CARD:

* "That will be a booking, yellow card"
* "Yellow card no arguments there from the player"
* "Yellow card, he'll need to be careful now!"
* "Let see red or yellow"
* "Well its the first card of the match and it's yellow"
* "First card of the match, first of many I expect"

### RED CARD:

* "Straight red he's off!"
* "It's a red card an early bath for him"
* "Silly challenge, he fully deserves to be sent off"
* "It's his second yellow, he's off!

### PENALTY SHOT:

* ''(player's name) tackled (player's Name), and the referee points at the spot its a penalty!"
* "It's a penalty!"

## Advantage Quotes

* Advantage played by the referee"
* "Referee keeps the game flowing"
* "There was a foul, but the referee has allowed play to continue"

## Weather Quotes

* "Rather cold out here tonight, let's hope the pitch doesn't affect the game too drastically."
* "Conditions could well be the enemy of skill."
* "Sun's out, let's hope the game is as good as the weather"
* "Sun is out and the football is reflecting that"
* "Could be quite slippery out there"
* "Not the best conditions to be honest"
* "Snow is still coming down here"
* "As you can see it's rather wet out here today, let's hope the pitch doesn't affect the game too much."

## Other Quotes

* "No cards yet from the referee today"
* "Good, clean game so far"
* "Referee very much in control of this game and he hasn't had to show a card"
* "Well ahead now, and this should be a win for them"
* "Well you have to say there's not much chance of a comeback here now"
* "Close lead, can they hold on till full time"
* "Fourth official signals (Number between 1-6) minutes of stoppage time"
* "Nice pass"
* "They can score 10 (more than 5 goals in half time)"
* "Few Ole's from the crowd there"
* "Looks like the goalkeeper fancies himself as an outfield player!"
* "Manager will be pleased with passing like this"
* "A few changes at the break, let's see what difference they make, and off we go"
* "Let's see if the opposition can come up with something special. They have a mountain to climb, but there are still 45 minutes, and anything can happen
* "Great patience here"
* "Oh (player's name) is injured"
* "It's just one after the other, for this team the manager will be ecstatic"
* "Well you have to say there's not much chance of a comeback here now, and it seems all over"
* "Good possession"
* "They're in cruise control now, and this should be the win for them"
* "And we're off, this should be an entertaining game"
* "He looks hurt down there, and in some pain"
* "Always sad to see a player go off injured, hope he recovers soon"