U18 League

Purple Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alfons Ceulemans got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Remco Van Der Elst ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mike Van Hooveldt was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Mike Van Hooveldt came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Purple Talents's Cederique De Kepper. But to his dismay, Cederique De Kepper quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. FC Draconia's Mike Van Hooveldt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remco Van Der Elst in the 13th minute of play. Mike Van Hooveldt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levi Audenaert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Mike Van Hooveldt successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Lieven Omblets received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mike Van Hooveldt came out and tried to block the shot, but Lieven Omblets slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lieven Omblets in the 21st minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Mike Van Hooveldt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Purple Talents's Carel Tilemans ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mike Van Hooveldt. Mike Van Hooveldt yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. In the 25th minute Lieven Omblets shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mike Van Hooveldt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 27 minutes of play, Purple Talents's Remco Van Der Elst made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mike Van Hooveldt was left in no man's land by his defense there! 30 minutes into the match, Cederique De Kepper notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of FC Draconia's Mike Van Hooveldt. Mike Van Hooveldt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 33 minutes into the game, Purple Talents's Cederique De Kepper nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mike Van Hooveldt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. After some careless play in the FC Draconia defense, Thibaud Theuniers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mike Van Hooveldt. The FC Draconia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mike Van Hooveldt should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lieven Omblets in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mike Van Hooveldt prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lieven Omblets made a kick off. Mike Van Hooveldt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lieven Omblets, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Mike Van Hooveldt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lieven Omblets in the 55th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Purple Talents's zone, Gilian Sulems stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Michael Campens came out of the goal and Gilian Sulems tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, FC Draconia's Bobby Preuveneer got a free kick in the 58th minute. Levi Audenaert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 60th minute, Lieven Omblets left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Purple Talents fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-0. Mike Van Hooveldt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thibaud Theuniers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thibaud Theuniers in the 66th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Mike Van Hooveldt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mike Van Hooveldt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thibaud Theuniers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mike Van Hooveldt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emiel Reijniers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiel Reijniers in the 69th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Mike Van Hooveldt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mike Van Hooveldt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cederique De Kepper in the 71st minute of the match. Thibaud Theuniers scored 12-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mike Van Hooveldt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mike Van Hooveldt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Levi Audenaert, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After 76 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Debecker. Mike Van Hooveldt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lieven Omblets went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 13-0 was the resulting score. 82 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Lieven Omblets came free, but Mike Van Hooveldt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Remco Van Der Elst notched a goal, 14-0, to the right of FC Draconia's Mike Van Hooveldt. Mike Van Hooveldt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dirk Smets scored 15-0 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mike Van Hooveldt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lieven Omblets took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mike Van Hooveldt. Mike Van Hooveldt dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 16-0. Purple Talents'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.