Official Cup

Stiubei
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Octavian Florescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Shi Li ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aristide Iftodi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Aristide Iftodi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shi Li, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aristide Iftodi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shi Li, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. The supporters of CF REALCipri booed when Galati Harbour Cats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven-Åke Ré didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ianis Man in the 14th minute of play forced CF REALCipri's goalkeeper Aristide Iftodi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Ianis Man cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Aristide Iftodi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aristide Iftodi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ianis Man, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 18 played minutes Galati Harbour Cats got a freekick which was hit by Onurhan Çinuçin. If Shi Li had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 26th minute, Shi Li 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: 0-3. Valeriu Marin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Octavian Soare having to interfere. In the 39th minute, Shi Li 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. Aristide Iftodi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shi Li in the 41st minute of the match. 43 minutes into the game, Ianis Man cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Aristide Iftodi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aristide Iftodi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ianis Man went, in the 48th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Shi Li made a kick off. Aristide Iftodi made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Shi Li sent off a good shot on target. Galati Harbour Cats were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after CF REALCipri's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dan Petrescu took the corner. The corner ended in Dan Petrescu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but CF REALCipri's Aristide Iftodi did a great save. 64 minutes into the match, CF REALCipri's goalkeeper Aristide Iftodi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Shi Li. Aristide Iftodi didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 67th minute, which inside left pole to 0-6. Shi Li had several of the CF REALCipri's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 72 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-7 score and a disappointed Aristide Iftodi as he didn't even see the shot coming. Aristide Iftodi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ianis Man, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shi Li's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aristide Iftodi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. In the 92nd minute Valeriu Marin 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. Valeriu Marin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Octavian Soare tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Galati Harbour Cats eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.