Official Cup

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 191 (Terracing: 144, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gilbert Pusiak started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute Gilbert Pusiak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavian Soare saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ianis Man kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. With a little luck, LKS Wisła Szczucin's Serter Sadik got control of the ball when Shi Li tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 10th minute of the match Galati Harbour Cats got a corner. LKS Wisła Szczucin's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dan Petrescu ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Galati Harbour Cats's corner Onurhan Çinuçin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Serter Sadik quite easily take care of the ball. In the 10th minute, Onurhan Çinuçin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Galati Harbour Cats fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When Galati Harbour Cats's Shi Li in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LKS Wisła Szczucin's goalie prevented a goal. Octavian Soare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilbert Pusiak in the 20th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gilbert Pusiak in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Octavian Soare prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Octavian Soare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelin Mamani in the 24th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shi Li in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Serter Sadik saved LKS Wisła Szczucin from getting behind. Iordache Negrițoiu made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LKS Wisła Szczucin's Zbyszko Frankowski. After having played for 32 minutes, Damian Gurgul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LKS Wisła Szczucin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damian Gurgul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Serter Sadik made an important save on a dangerous shot by Onurhan Çinuçin in the 34th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Shi Li in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Serter Sadik prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Octavian Soare took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigel Hidișan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shi Li in the 39thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Serter Sadik, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 40th minute of the match Galati Harbour Cats got a corner. LKS Wisła Szczucin's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dan Petrescu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Galati Harbour Cats's Dan Petrescu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Serter Sadik in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 46 minutes of play, Galati Harbour Cats's Shi Li made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serter Sadik was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Shi Li made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, LKS Wisła Szczucin's goal looked a bit too open when Onurhan Çinuçin came free, but Serter Sadik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serter Sadik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shi Li, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the LKS Wisła Szczucin defense, Shi Li kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Serter Sadik. The LKS Wisła Szczucin fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Serter Sadik should have stopped the shot. Serter Sadik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Li in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Shi Li notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of LKS Wisła Szczucin's Serter Sadik. Serter Sadik was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoni Dembkowski in the 66th minute of play forced LKS Wisła Szczucin's goalkeeper Serter Sadik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ianis Man in the 68th minute of play forced LKS Wisła Szczucin's goalkeeper Serter Sadik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gilbert Pusiak got free with Octavian Soare in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Galati Harbour Cats made a substitution. Mo Yuan Fan replaced Onurhan Çinuçin. A collision led to LKS Wisła Szczucin getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Gilbert Pusiak hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Li in the 74th minute of play forced LKS Wisła Szczucin's goalkeeper Serter Sadik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Octavian Soare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelin Mamani in the 75th minute of play. Serter Sadik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ianis Man, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by LKS Wisła Szczucin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dan Petrescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Galati Harbour Cats's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Galati Harbour Cats's Antoni Dembkowski to a score. 5-1 in the 79th minute. In the 82nd minute, Angelin Mamani 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. Shi Li might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Serter Sadik. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Shi Li ran back to his position shaking his head. Serter Sadik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Li in the 91st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Angelin Mamani managed to get in a good position for a shot. LKS Wisła Szczucin's supporters rose to their feet, but Angelin Mamani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Octavian Soare breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With 94 minutes on the clock, Damian Gurgul commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 93rd minute of the game. One of LKS Wisła Szczucin:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Galati Harbour Cats:s goal. In the 96th minute, Dan Petrescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Galati Harbour Cats fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. LKS Wisła Szczucin's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.