One afternoon, the home-made ball was spinning across the grass when it was suddenly stopped by someone.

一天下午，这个自制足球正在草地上滚动着，突然被人拦住了。

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And if FIFA is so inclined to be part of the solution and (for once) not part of the problem, well, this one's a ball sitting on the grass in front of a gaping goalmouth, goalie nowhere to be seen.

而如果国际足协如此执著于参与到解决方案中，并能(有一次)并没有参与到麻烦中，好吧，这就是一个球放在目瞪口呆的球门前的草地上，却看不到门将。

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After a while he carried the ball to the surface, and threw it onto the grass.

过了一会儿，它把球带出水面，并把它抛在草地上。

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The France centre pretended to ground the ball before getting to his feet and heading nearer the posts, getting a clip from Gareth Williams for his cheek as he finally touched the ball to grass.

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So the players try to curve their drives, into the slope, to keep the ball on the short grass.

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To loosen up before starts, Bauer drifts back toward the right-field foul pole, where after taking a crow-hop, he sends the ball sailing across the grass to a teammate standing within a few feet of the left-field foul pole.

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