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Purple Arena
Spectators: 9326 (Terracing: 6996, Seating: 2145, VIP seats: 185) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sean Dekker got the match started through his kick off. Ray De Lauw showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Burak Onal, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute, Jordi Van Bever 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. In the 13th minute Mbaka Mbolu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaan Snow saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, De Beverpatrouille's goalkeeper Ray De Lauw had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sean Dekker. In the 15th minute Jonatan Corderall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaan Snow saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to De Beverpatrouille getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Beppe Ciccone hit a great ball. Ray De Lauw showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Burak Onal, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 20 minutes into the match, De Beverpatrouille's goal looked a bit too open when Christoffer Lingren came free, but Ray De Lauw reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kaan Snow took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mbaka Mbolu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by De Beverpatrouille's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yu Cheng Kang was slow to take the kick. During this time Purple Talents's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Christoffer Lingren managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Ray De Lauw was a little too slow when Sean Dekker got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 29th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 33 minutes of play, De Beverpatrouille's Jonatan Corderall made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kaan Snow was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kaan Snow showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 39th minute of the match. When Jordi Van Bever fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored De Beverpatrouille's protests and gave Jordi Van Bever a yellow card for diving instead. 45 minutes into the game, Sean Dekker cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Ray De Lauw was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mbaka Mbolu was the one to do the kick off. Purple Talents's Kaan Snow played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonatan Corderall in the 51st minute of play. Mbaka Mbolu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Kaan Snow made a huge save. In the 54th minute Christoffer Lingren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ray De Lauw saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mbaka Mbolu had several of the Purple Talents's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 56 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-2 score and a disappointed Kaan Snow as he didn't even see the shot coming. Mbaka Mbolu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kaan Snow having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mbaka Mbolu in the 61st minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Kaan Snow to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kaan Snow showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonatan Corderall in the 70th minute of the match. Ray De Lauw showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christoffer Lingren in the 75th minute of the match. Kaan Snow showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonatan Corderall in the 78th minute of the match. Ray De Lauw showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Burak Onal in the 88th minute of the match. A hard shot 92 in the game by Mbaka Mbolu from a close distance when the talented Kaan Snow managed to make a qualified save. Purple Talents's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mbaka Mbolu got free with Kaan Snow in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.