U21 League

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Iosif Spiru took the kick off in the first half of the match. Daniel Bădulescu 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 2nd minute. After a rather tough play, Galati Harbour Cats's Cosmin Claudiescu got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 9 minutes of play, Galati Harbour Cats's Manole Anghel made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniel Bădulescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cernavoda's Daniel Bădulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basarab Zdroană in the 12th minute of play. Luca Gherasim hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Sebastian Andone put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Daniel Bădulescu. In the 21st minute, Sebastian Andone 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: 3-0. A collision led to Cernavoda getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Eduard Neacșu hit a great ball. In the 29th minute, Galati Harbour Cats's Sebastian Andone ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Daniel Bădulescu. Daniel Bădulescu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. Jo Bag received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Daniel Bădulescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Bădulescu made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Sebastian Andone sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Basarab Zdroană got free with Daniel Bădulescu in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Bădulescu came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Galati Harbour Cats's Sebastian Andone. But to his dismay, Sebastian Andone quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. 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 6-0.

Daniel Bădulescu 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 51st minute. 54 minutes into the match, Sebastian Andone had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniel Bădulescu. Cernavoda's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sebastian Andone was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. After some careless play in the Cernavoda defense, Jo Bag kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniel Bădulescu. The Cernavoda fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniel Bădulescu should have stopped the shot. In the 61st minute Jo Bag shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Bădulescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo Bag in the 62nd minute of play forced Cernavoda's goalkeeper Daniel Bădulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Bădulescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jo Bag, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, Basarab Zdroană had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniel Bădulescu. Cernavoda's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Basarab Zdroană was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. 70 minutes into the game, Galati Harbour Cats's Jo Bag nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Daniel Bădulescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Andone in the 78th minute of play forced Cernavoda's goalkeeper Daniel Bădulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute Jo Bag shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Bădulescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Cernavoda's goal looked a bit too open when Jo Bag came free, but Daniel Bădulescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Galati Harbour Cats fully deserved thier win.