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The Villsge. Quarter-final. Please, correct my mistakes I try to write, but I don't know most of football terms. Present tense. ...He is slowly coming to 12 yards point with the ball in his hands. That's the tenth penalty kick in the serie so it can be the last shot in the game. Now the score is 4-3 after nine penalty kicks. We have advantage. He puts the ball on the point and slowly goes back. Right away after that refferee blows the whistle he is running... Bill Meadow makes a little motion to the left side along the line...Shot! The ball shakes his beer belly making waves on its surface...Then I hear the wild cheerful roar of other players. We are going to the semi-final. "Come in, guys!" Captain says standing at the doorway of our bus. "When will we go to the pub?" Tommy asks when we move by the bus. "Are you out of your f..ing mind? Two days left to the next league match.. We'll prepare for the game." Billy Bright says. "What exactly will we do?" "Ask our captain about it. Also I'll organize one cross to the hill and back as usual" Bright answers.

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Hi there! Here are my corrections. I have changed a few of the football terms for you. We often use present tense informally to tell stories about the past.  If you are writing a normal story we usually use past tense, but here for stylistic reasons you can use present tense make it sound like commentary.

..He is slowly coming walks up (if you are writing in the style of spoken football commentary, or any sports commentary, we only use present simple tense and not present continuous.  This is because it is quicker for the commentator to say)to 12 yards point the penalty spot / the spot with the ball in his hands. That's the tenth penalty kick in the serie penalty shoot-out / shoot-out so it can could (could describes possibility in specific situations.  'can' is only used for general situations.  'The temperature in winter can be very low here')be the last shot in ('shot in the game' works fine, but a better football phrase is 'last kick of the game')the game. Now the score is 4-3 after nine penalty kicks. We have the advantage. He puts the ball on the point spot and slowly goes walks back. Right away after that As soon as the referee / ref blows the whistle he is running takes his run up... Bill Meadow makes a little motion to the left side along the line moves slightly to the left along his line / goal line ...Shot He shoots! The ball shakes his beer belly making waves on its surface...Then I hear the wild cheerful roar of the other players. We are going through to the semi-final.

From this point, now the commentary has ended, it may be better to switch to past tense if it is a proper story.

"Come in, guys!" Captain says standing at the doorway of our bus.
"When will are we going to the pub?" (we use 'going to' to talk about future plans)Tommy asks when we move by the bus starts moving.
"Are you out of your f..ing mind? Two days left to the next league match.. We'll are going to prepare for the game." Billy Bright says.
"What exactly will are we going to do?"
"Ask our captain about it. Also I'll (we can use will here because it is now a spontaneous decision and not a plan)organize one cross to the hill and back as usual" Bright answers.

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