Official Cup

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Hamburg City Vampires's Filippo Di Martino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Filippo Di Martino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bogdan Gurgui was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 8 minutes of play, Hamburg City Vampires's Maciej Pankowski made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bogdan Gurgui was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to F.C.BARLAD getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Dumitru Surdu hit a great ball. Bogdan Gurgui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ariel Bautista in the 15th minute of the match. If Ariel Bautista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nichifor Codruț might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Silvano Blech. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nichifor Codruț ran back to his position shaking his head. Bogdan Gurgui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ariel Bautista in the 29th minute of play. Silvano Blech made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Bacalbașa in the 30th minute. Daniel Bacalbașa who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 32ndth minute tested the skills of Silvano Blech when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 33rd match minute, F.C.BARLAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dumitru Surdu to maneuver through the defense. If Filippo Di Martino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Hamburg City Vampires booed when F.C.BARLAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dumitru Surdu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Filippo Di Martino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bogdan Gurgui was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Filippo Di Martino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

In the 51st minute, Filippo Di Martino reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bogdan Gurgui. The goal made the score 0-3. After a defensive mix-up in F.C.BARLAD's zone, Filippo Di Martino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bogdan Gurgui came out of the goal and Filippo Di Martino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 58th minute Filippo Di Martino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Gurgui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvano Blech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nichifor Codruț, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, Filippo Di Martino dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bogdan Gurgui, 0-4. 69 minutes in the game Egidijus Jarušas did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Andrea Pirlo. Egidijus Jarušas made in the 74th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Filippo Di Martino immediately put the ball in play. In the 75th match minute, Hamburg City Vampires was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Keuppens to maneuver through the defense. Ariel Bautista blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bogdan Gurgui having to make a save. In the 82nd minute, Ştefan Crețu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filippo Di Martino took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Gurgui. Bogdan Gurgui dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Ariel Bautista might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bogdan Gurgui. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ariel Bautista ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee felt a red card was in order, 91 minutes into the game, when Ernest Zburlea put in a rough tackle. The supporters of Hamburg City Vampires booed when F.C.BARLAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernest Zburlea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bogdan Gurgui made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Walery Jandryca sent off a good shot on target. Ariel Bautista might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bogdan Gurgui. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ariel Bautista ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of F.C.BARLAD booed when Hamburg City Vampires was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrea Pirlo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Hamburg City Vampires had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.