Friendly League

Purple Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jan-Åke Hallgren got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Ralf Norström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bennis's Marcus Vase proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Bennis from getting a goal against them. 6 minutes into the match, Bennis's goalkeeper Marcus Vase had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Michel Batistuta. After a rather tough play, Purple Talents's Vladislav Antonov got a free kick in the 7th minute. When Bennis's Cain Velasquez in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Purple Talents's goalie prevented a goal. 13 minutes into the match, Purple Talents's goal looked a bit too open when Jan-Åke Hallgren came free, but Iker Carabajal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jan-Åke Hallgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iker Carabajal was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Purple Talents's Diego Weets quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Florian Siembab, made in the 16th minute of the game. Marcus Vase showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Batistuta in the 17th minute of the match. Purple Talents's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christof Bernage in the 25th minute. 32 minutes into the game, Michel Batistuta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Marcus Vase was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Donato Azevedo hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 41st minute, Cain Velasquez made a precise shot to the right of Iker Carabajal. Purple Talents's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 44th match minute, Bennis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl-Johan Hammarström to maneuver through the defense. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Michel Batistuta made the kick off in the second half. Iker Carabajal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Åke Hallgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After 56 played minutes Bennis got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Johan Hammarström. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cain Velasquez in the 58th minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Iker Carabajal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cain Velasquez got free with Iker Carabajal in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcus Vase showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Batistuta in the 61st minute of the match. Iker Carabajal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cain Velasquez, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. A sloppy throw-in by Vincent Mattsson in the 67th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Purple Talents's Ritchie Vereeken. In the 68th minute, Michel Batistuta 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: 2-1. The audience was convinced that Michel Batistuta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Vase was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Bennis's Cain Velasquez got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Iker Carabajal made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Eskil Kvick sent off a good shot on target. Purple Talents's attentive Christof Bernage managed to snatch the ball when Vincent Mattsson made a throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game. Purple Talents's attentive Christof Bernage managed to snatch the ball when Vincent Mattsson made a throw-in in the 84th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Purple Talents's Christof Bernage got a free kick in the 87th minute. Purple Talents were furious when Donato Azevedo was red carded, 91 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 90 minutes into the game, one of Purple Talents:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Bennis's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Purple Talents had won, even though Bennis had held more of the ball.