Drabble 23/25

Story involving a car.

89-90

He was hovering near the box when it happened — a silly mistake, but he wasn't going to pass up the gift he'd been given.

Sure, he didn't have the same pace he'd once had, but he danced effortlessly past the centre forward who'd just gifted him the ball before linking up with the kid out on the right wing for a simple one-two that had him free and closing on the goal.

The keeper came out to meet him, and tripped, nobody could stop him!

He shot—

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The papers didn't pull their punches.

"Car misses open goal, retirement rumours grow..."

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Wikipedia tells me that Mirosław Car started his football career in 1978 with Tur Bielsk Podlaski, remaining at the club for three seasons. Later he was transferred to Legia Warsaw, where he played two seasons, winning the Polish Cup with the club in 1981.After leaving Legia, Car played for Motor Lublin for three seasons, before being sold to Jagiellonia Białystok, where he remained for three seasons, finishing second in the II liga with the club.After he left Jagiellonia, he returned to Tur Bielsk Podlaski, before retiring in 1990.