"They worked ever so hard and I couldn't have got man of the match without them."
His team played with only 10-man for more than 70 minutes of the match.
He only played the last 4 minutes of the match.
"We was playing so much better than the beginning of the match."
From what I saw of the match he played well.
He played forward the last five minutes of the match.
Perhaps in time, he would help her make some sort of match.
For serious players, one game is usually part of a longer match.
The second set of his match played out about the same as the first.
Her state won only three of their match and did not make the final.