Soca
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 121,
Seating: 37, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ovidiu Zorlescu kicked off to start the match. Galati Harbour Cats's Jo Bag got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sebastian Andone took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jo Bag, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Basarab Zdroană had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Basarab Zdroană was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Remus Manciulea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Andone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Zdroană in the 15th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Galati Harbour Cats's Sebastian Andone nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Remus Manciulea made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 20 minutes into the match, Soca's goal looked a bit too open when Petruț Vlăsiu came free, but Remus Manciulea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Remus Manciulea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jo Bag went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After 25 minutes, Basarab Zdroană mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Galati Harbour Cats and the Soca players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some careless play in the Soca defense, Jo Bag kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remus Manciulea. The Soca fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remus Manciulea should have stopped the shot. Panait Acalinei got in the 34th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Remus Manciulea handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. In the 36th minute, Basarab Zdroană made a precise shot to the right of Remus Manciulea. Soca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Sebastian Andone scored 0-7 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remus Manciulea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 44th minute Iustin Neagoe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Manciulea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Andone in the 45th minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Sabin Zbârnea 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. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jo Bag to make the kick off. Iustin Neagoe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Remus Manciulea made a huge save. Remus Manciulea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebastian Andone in the 57th minute. Petrică Udubaşa hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute, one of Soca:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Soca. When the match had been going on for 63 minutes, Galati Harbour Cats's Filip Mavrogheni got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Remus Manciulea. 65 minutes into the match, Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastian Andone. 67 minutes into the match, Sebastian Andone notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Soca's Remus Manciulea. Remus Manciulea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Remus Manciulea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basarab Zdroană, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Remus Manciulea came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Galati Harbour Cats's Basarab Zdroană. But to his dismay, Basarab Zdroană quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. With an all-out effort, Galati Harbour Cats's Remus Manciulea threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jo Bag, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 82 played minutes Basarab Zdroană rounded Soca's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-13. In the 85th minute, Galati Harbour Cats's Jo Bag dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-14. Soca's Remus Manciulea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Soca from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo Bag in the 91st minute of play forced Soca's goalkeeper Remus Manciulea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Remus Manciulea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basarab Zdroană in the 92nd minute of the match. The Soca fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Galati Harbour Cats were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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