Friendly League

Colosseum
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Willem-Jan Verhaert took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bror Nordstedt did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Bart-Jan Van De Beeck 5 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Royal Antwerp FC defense, Bror Nordstedt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. The Royal Antwerp FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bart-Jan Van De Beeck should have stopped the shot. Geronimo Argi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willem-Jan Verhaert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 19 minutes, Bror Nordstedt made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Royal Antwerp FC's Bart-Jan Van De Beeck tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 22nd minute, Mai Ping Yi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. The goal made the score 4-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bror Nordstedt got free with Bart-Jan Van De Beeck in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 26th minute Mai Ping Yi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Bror Nordstedt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dark Prophets's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Royal Antwerp FC the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaud Vrijdag in the 29th minute of play forced Dark Prophets's goalkeeper Geronimo Argi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Dark Prophets's Bror Nordstedt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bart-Jan Van De Beeck narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Bror Nordstedt kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. That made the score 5-0 in the 32 minute of play. In the 34th minute Bror Nordstedt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute of the match Dark Prophets got a corner. Royal Antwerp FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sabin Verzeanu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Dark Prophets's Sabin Verzeanu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With his leg Bart-Jan Van De Beeck managed to avoid a goal in the 42ndth minute, when Dark Prophets's Bror Nordstedt fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Georg Skoglund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Bror Nordstedt made the kick off in the second half. Bror Nordstedt scored 6-0 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bror Nordstedt went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Bror Nordstedt put it in 8-0 from a short distance just to the right of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. Adriel Ba Loua sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Dark Prophets fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when Dark Prophets's Bror Nordstedt looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bror Nordstedt in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bart-Jan Van De Beeck saved Royal Antwerp FC from getting behind. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bror Nordstedt, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Royal Antwerp FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bror Nordstedt came free, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bror Nordstedt in the 71st minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Bror Nordstedt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. Royal Antwerp FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bror Nordstedt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. After a rather tough play, Dark Prophets's Mai Ping Yi got a free kick in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Bror Nordstedt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bror Nordstedt's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. The audience was convinced that Bror Nordstedt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bart-Jan Van De Beeck was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Guillaume Niewens was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 86 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Royal Antwerp FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 86th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Dark Prophets a penalty, 88 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Sabin Verzeanu, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Royal Antwerp FC's Bart-Jan Van De Beeck. 11-0. In the 93rd minute, Adriel Ba Loua hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bror Nordstedt's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. Bart-Jan Van De Beeck stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bror Nordstedt's shot from short distance in the 99th minute. In the 100th minute of the match Dark Prophets got a corner. Royal Antwerp FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sabin Verzeanu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Dark Prophets's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.