Friendly League

Purple Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ian Coe started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 minutes into the match, Qiu Feng Guo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vince Bannatyne, 1-0. Michael Neels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Coe in the 12th minute of the match. In the 19thth minute of the game Jan-Joost De kaiser who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Crystal Phallus's Vince Bannatyne was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Purple Talents's goal looked a bit too open when Ian Coe came free, but Michael Neels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the game, Purple Talents's Qiu Feng Guo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vince Bannatyne made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Barry Reading sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Purple Talents's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Donato Azevedo in the 32nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Kristiaan Van den Haute got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vince Bannatyne quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jan-Joost De kaiser received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vince Bannatyne came out and tried to block the shot, but Jan-Joost De kaiser slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abraham Valckeneers in the 40th minute of play forced Crystal Phallus's goalkeeper Vince Bannatyne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qiu Feng Guos short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Vince Bannatyne to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 42nd minute of the match Purple Talents got a corner. Crystal Phallus's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Donato Azevedo ran over to the corner to take the kick. Donato Azevedo made a great header on Purple Talents's corner, it was just that Crystal Phallus's Vince Bannatyne managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of Purple Talents booed when Crystal Phallus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfie Heath didn't get a good kick on the ball. Qiu Feng Guo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vince Bannatyne having to make a save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jan-Joost De kaiser to make the kick off. Barry Reading hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Qiu Feng Guo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vince Bannatyne read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. Michael Neels was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ian Coe showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 55 minute of play. Qiu Feng Guo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vince Bannatyne having to make a save. If Jan-Joost De kaiser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vince Bannatyne didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Purple Talents's Qiu Feng Guo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience was convinced that Qiu Feng Guo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vince Bannatyne was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. After 80 minutes of play, Purple Talents's Qiu Feng Guo made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vince Bannatyne was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ian Coe's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Michael Neels firmly grabbed it by the left post. After having played for 87 minutes, Jan-Joost De kaiser managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Purple Talents's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jan-Joost De kaiser was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jan-Joost De kaiser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vince Bannatyne having to interfere. When Qiu Feng Guo came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Purple Talents fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Qiu Feng Guo couldn't finish the play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Purple Talents fans cheered their team off the field, for while Crystal Phallus had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.