Complete the funny story with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets

Complete the funny story with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
It (1. be) Sunday, the day of the big game. The players (2. arrive) early.
They (3. be) excited. Everyone (4. want) to play.
There (5. be) lots of people in the stadium. They (6. wave) and (7. cheer)
when the players (8. walk) on to the ground.
The referee (9. call) the captains to the middle. The referee (10. ask) . "Where is the
ball?" Nobody (11. answer) .
All the players (12. look) at the ground. There (13. be) no ball. The referee
(14. cancel) the game