Amigo's and Amiga's,

Finally the Expo will be opened and for the people who have
been living here during the year long preparations it will
be a big relief. As construction will be stopped during the
Expo and the dust will be settled down so it will be a good
time to come and watch one of our SPL matches with your
family and friends in Green City. We can guarantee you the
entertainment and the Chinese Government will guarantee you
the nice weather !

We had a full program last Sunday with a few surprises !

Bulls - Galacticos 2-1 It was all or nothing for the Bulls
and a loss would have had big consequences for the players
or Bilgin either of them could have been fired without a win
! The Bulls were trailing after a Ned Kelly goal but started
to fight back and got two goals from Eric to seal the win.
Its said that Ned missed several goal opportunities blaming
it on the fact that he scored several times the night before
the game !

Japan - Flamenkos 0-0 Its very rare in the SPL to witness a
goal-less game. However this was one of the most exciting
games of the weekend. Both teams were in full attacking mode
and fighting for the one and only goal which would give
either of them the win. We saw players hitting the post and
goal keepers make saves as if they were "van de Sars" ! Due
to the draw Japan lost two points in the Champions ship race
and are now leading by only one point !

E-Rouge - Lions 1-4 Many many French players on the pitch
maybe that was the reason the first half was rather messy
not messi....! ERS was fighting hard but proved to be less
effective in front of the goal and even needed the help of
Adam the lions defender to score a beautiful own goal !
Lions had a bad half and a good half enough for the three
points.

Hawks - Dulwich 5-3 It was difficult for Dulwich as they
were behind again from the beginning 3-0 after 10 minutes.
Dulwich showed their fighting spirit and didn't want to give
up ! Unfortunately the Match was over-shadowed by two
red-cards !

Well this weekend there are no matches due to the opening of
the Shanghai Expo and the National Holiday on the first of
May so we can relax and prepare for the
final part of our SPL Season !

Cheers !  Freek SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee
!