Lesson 10－Part 4
To make people remember that game, /
the Springboks had to win it. //
The score /
when they stopped at the end of the first 40 minutes /
was 9-6 /
in favor of South Africa. //
In the second half, /
however, /
the All Blacks scored /
and regular play ended /
with the score tied at 9-9. //
For the first time in the Rugby World Cup, /
the game had to go into overtime, /
with two halves of ten minutes each. //
Physically and mentally /
the players were very tired, /
but Pienaar said to his teammates, /
“Look around you. /
See those flags? /
Play for those people. /
We have to do this for South Africa.” //
Six minutes before the end of the game, /
South Africa finally dropped a goal, /
which led to victory. //
A TV reporter came over to Pienaar /
on the field /
and asked, /
“What did it feel like /
to have 62,000 fans /
supporting you here in the stadium?” //
He replied, /
“We didn’t have 62,000 fans behind us. /
We had 43 million South Africans.” //
There were no old flags in the stadium. //
Everybody /
—in tears— /
was waving the new national flag. //
