The Match Report

Victor is writing a match report for the school website. Ella has taken notes beside the football pitch. Victor has a photo of the scoreboard on his camera. He thinks that between them, they have everything they need to tell the story.

In the media room, Victor begins with the score. “We won two to one,” he reads aloud. Ella looks up from her notebook. “There were more goals near the end,” she says. Victor turns the camera so she can see his photo.

The scoreboard in the picture shows two to one. Ella checks the time beside her notes. “You took that before the final whistle,” she says. Victor remembers leaving the pitch to return a spare camera bag. His photo cannot show the finish.

They do not guess the final score. With Mr Hayes, they ask Jamie, the team captain, to check the match sheet. The home team won three to two. Ella writes the score beside the last entry in her notebook, and Victor changes his opening line.

Now he needs a picture to go with the report. His scoreboard photo would show the wrong result. Ella finds a clear photo of the team after the match. Nobody is hidden, and the players are standing together by the goal.

Mr Hayes checks that the photo is approved for the school website. Victor writes a short caption, and Ella reads it against her notes. They name both teams and give the result clearly.

Before they send the report to Mr Hayes, they read it aloud together. One sentence sounds as if the visiting team won. Victor changes the order of the names, making it clear which team scored three. Ella checks the final line once more.

Their report is short, but it tells the right story now. Victor saves his earlier scoreboard photo in a different folder. It is a useful record of one moment, not the whole match. Next time, he will make a note of when he takes each picture.