'a very close game' is a correct and usable phrase in written English. This phrase can be used to describe any situation, competition, or match when the outcome is uncertain or difficult to predict. For example: "The final basketball match was a very close game, but the home team ultimately emerged victorious.".
I think it was a very close game.
We played a very close game in Russia and I suppose it will be the same thing".
The head coach, Jarmo Matikainen, said: "It was a very close game that we might have won.
This should be a very close game: Peyton Manning's offense is historically good, but the Seahawks defense is better than anything I have ever seen.
In that tournament they lost in the semifinals to Brazil in very close game decided by penalty kicks.
They took the Patriots to the very, very end and lost a really close game.
"We really pitched tremendously and we found a way to come through with three very close games, and that has led us into believing we can go out there and put this thing away and play some good baseball and get it going again".
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