Friendly League

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomás Moita took the kick off in the first half of the match. Manole Ghiondea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Pinho in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Filip Mavrogheni dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cassiano Vidigal, 1-0. 13 minutes into the match, Filip Mavrogheni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cassiano Vidigal. São Francisco FC86's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filip Mavrogheni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Fabian Minculescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cassiano Vidigal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabian Minculescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Manole Ghiondea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Pinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Galati Harbour Cats's Alex Nicorici got a free kick in the 27th minute. Viorel Ponta, 31 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a rather tough play, São Francisco FC86's Paulo Soares got a free kick in the 36th minute. A collision led to São Francisco FC86 getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Vicente Pinho hit a great ball. The supporters of Galati Harbour Cats booed when São Francisco FC86 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Soares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filip Mavrogheni took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cassiano Vidigal. Cassiano Vidigal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eusebiu Borza to make the kick off. Flávio Álvares's late challenge caught a Galati Harbour Cats's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Flávio Álvares helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, São Francisco FC86's Flávio Álvares got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 70th minute Eusebiu Borza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cassiano Vidigal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cassiano Vidigal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Mavrogheni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manole Ghiondea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Moita in the 75th minute of the match. Eusebiu Borza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filip Mavrogheni might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cassiano Vidigal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filip Mavrogheni ran back to his position shaking his head. Cassiano Vidigal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Mavrogheni in the 93rd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filip Mavrogheni during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Filip Mavrogheni kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Galati Harbour Cats were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of São Francisco FC86 for a fine match.