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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Purple Talent's Kristof Van Bael started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A hard shot 4 in the game by Perry Turpin from a close distance when the talented Alexander Higgins managed to make a qualified save. Scotland's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristof Van Bael in the 6th minute of play forced Scotland's goalkeeper Alexander Higgins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Scotland's defense didn't have a chance, in the 7th minute, when Kristof Van Bael scored to the left of an out of position Alexander Higgins, making the score, 1-0. In the 10th minute, Perry Turpin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Higgins was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 13 minutes into the game, Vicente Van den Enden was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Purple Talent's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Scotland the free kick. The supporters of Scotland booed when Purple Talent was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vicente Van den Enden didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute, Kurt Verheije hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 21 minutes into the match, Perry Turpin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Perry Turpin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 27th minute, Perry Turpin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Alexander Higgins made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ward Van den Brul in the 28th minute. Alexander Higgins stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Perry Turpin's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Alexander Higgins made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vicente Van den Enden in the 38th minute. Kian MacGregor made in the 46th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Purple Talent's Kurt Verheije. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zac O'Donnell to make the kick off. After 52 minutes, Fletcher Main mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Scotland and the Purple Talent players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fletcher Main hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Alexander Higgins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristof Van Bael, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Gerrit Van Aghten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zac O'Donnell in the 60th minute of play. In the 66th minute Kristof Van Bael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexander Higgins saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kristof Van Bael, 68 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 75 minutes into the match, Purple Talent's goalkeeper Gerrit Van Aghten had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fletcher Main. 77 minutes into the game, Zac O'Donnell recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gerrit Van Aghten. Zac O'Donnell showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 6-1. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ward Van den Brul in the 81st minute of the match. Alexander Higgins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kristof Van Bael went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. 93 minutes into the match, Scotland's goal looked a bit too open when Kristof Van Bael came free, but Alexander Higgins reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Purple Talent fully deserved thier win.