1. They didn't play well in the match although they were training / had trained every evening.
2. Mike had an accident he cycled / was cycling to work.
3. I left work early because I wanted / was wanting to watch the match.
4. There was a lot of traffic, and when we arrived, the match already started / had already started.
5. The captain didn't score / hadn't scored any goals when the referee sent him off.
6. My son got injured while he played / was playing basketball last Saturday.
7. When the snowstorm started, we stopped / had stopped skiing and went back to the hotel.
8. England didn't lose / hadn't lost any of their previous games when they played in the quarter-finals.
9. The referee suspended the match because it was raining / rained so hard .