Yapo loves to play with his soccer ball!
He often tries dribbling tricks with his dad.
An elastico, a rainbow flick and even...
... a bicycle kick!
Yapo is the star of the Under 6 Team
of Tino Football Club. He is quick and
nimble on the field. Yapo scores most of
the goals for his team.
Yapo, however, does not like to
pass the ball. Coach Tazi often
reminds Yapo to share the ball with
his teammates.
One day, Tino Football Club was playing
Kuma Football Club. Yapo tried many times
to score but the Kuma team was too strong.
By half-time, Kuma was leading 2 – 0.
Coach Tazi gave the team
a stern pep talk, ‘Play together
and pass the ball to whoever is free!
Yapo, pass the ball!’
When the second half began,
Yapo was made to sit on the bench.
His teammates were a little scared
to play without him, but they
remembered to play together.
Nat scored the first goal
for the Tino team.
‘WOOHOO!’ cheered the crowd.
Three minutes before the end of the game,
Lindi scored the team’s second goal!
‘LADUMA!’
they shouted.
Coach Tazi called Yapo back into the game,
‘The score is now 2 – 2. Take us home, boy!
Remember to play with your teammates!’
Lindi kicked the ball to Nat,
who passed it to Yapo.
Yapo dribbled between two
opponents and when he was about
to take a shot, he spotted another
Kuma player running towards him.
Yapo saw Lindi following
close behind, remembered
Coach Tazi and passed the
ball to her.
Lindi turned
towards the goal, and
took her best shot!
‘GOAL!’ cried Coach Tazi.
The Tino crowd went
wild with joy as Lindi’s
teammates ran to hug her!
Yapo was very happy that his
team had won 3 – 2. But he was
a little disappointed that he had
not scored any goals.
‘Congratulations for a mighty comeback!’
beamed Coach Tazi to his team.
‘Well done, Yapo, for passing the ball to Lindi.’
‘You may not have scored a goal today,
but you certainly helped your team to win.
Well done, son!’ smiled Dad, as they walked
home together.
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