They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky.

他们看到一道强光和一个巨大的火球直冲天空达几百英尺。

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But Toure pounced on the loose ball in a flash and rifled left-footed beyond Sorensen who had no chance.

但是，图雷突然插上捡漏，然后左脚劲射，索伦森只能望球兴叹。

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The breakthrough came when Thompson dispossessed Richie Foran and charged forward to flash the ball across goal.

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"The play was broken up and I tried to flash to the ball, " he said.

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Mark McLaughlin got too much on his header when Marco Paixao swung in a right-footed corner and Gallacher would have been relieved to see the ball flash a yard wide of his post.

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