Official Cup

Grasmere Fields
Spectators: 496 (Terracing: 373, Seating: 114, VIP seats: 9) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ionel Frățilă started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Mihnea Druga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Club13's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Harlow AFC the free kick. Horea Copil was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Jeffrey Moyse. In the 13th minute, Ionel Frățilă 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionel Frățilă in the 17th minute of play forced Harlow AFC's goalkeeper Connor Rigg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Club13's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Valentin Bogrea in the 18th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Harlow AFC's goalie and right to Valentin Bogrea. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Harlow AFC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 25th minute, Mihnea Druga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pierre Pickard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Horea Copil made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Dylan Bancroft managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harlow AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dylan Bancroft was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Horea Copil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Basarab Tapalagă might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Connor Rigg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Basarab Tapalagă ran back to his position shaking his head. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pierre Pickard stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Iain Ely hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. A hard shot 53 in the game by Ionel Frățilă from a close distance when the talented Connor Rigg managed to make a qualified save. Harlow AFC's players were relieved. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Ionel Frățilă sped through Harlow AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Connor Rigg. Nicu Marghescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Basarab Tapalagă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Connor Rigg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Connor Rigg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ionel Frățilă in the 64th minute. Horea Copil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre Pickard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Club13's Horea Copil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pierre Pickard in the 77th minute of play. Ionel Frățilă in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Connor Rigg, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The audience was convinced that Iain Ely's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Horea Copil was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Harlow AFC's zone, Nicu Marghescu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Connor Rigg came out of the goal and Nicu Marghescu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.