Official Cup

BaLiSt Arena
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eduard Panciu kicked off to start the match. The supporters of FC BaLiSt booed when Romanian Gods™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olimpiu Cupșa didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC BaLiSt's Yang Wei got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Romanian Gods™ getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Olimpiu Cupșa hit a great ball. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorin Stroici in the 7th minute of play. Francisc Trăilă showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Yang Wei received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Francisc Trăilă tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, FC BaLiSt's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Panciu came free, but Chi Tzalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute of the match, Valentin Zotincă got a very nice opportunity to score, but Francisc Trăilă was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yang Wei in the 21st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Dorin Stroici kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Francisc Trăilă. That made the score 2-0 in the 23 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yang Wei got free with Francisc Trăilă in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 28 minutes into the game, Valentin Zotincă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Francisc Trăilă was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 31st minute, Valentin Zotincă fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 35th minute, Yang Wei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC BaLiSt fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Valentin Zotincă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Francisc Trăilă tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xiao Chao Yan in the 42nd minute of play. Dorin Stroici who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 45thth minute tested the skills of Francisc Trăilă when he managed to save the team from getting behind. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yang Wei stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dorin Stroici received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Francisc Trăilă tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Francisc Trăilă took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xiao Chao Yan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Xiao Chao Yan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Francisc Trăilă was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. In the 65th minute, Xiao Chao Yan made a precise shot to the right of Francisc Trăilă. Romanian Gods™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. FC BaLiSt made a substitution. Octavian Paulescu replaced Niculae Târcă. Francisc Trăilă didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xiao Chao Yan went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. In the 73rd minute, Yang Wei made a precise shot to the right of Francisc Trăilă. Romanian Gods™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. After 76 played minutes Romanian Gods™ got a freekick which was hit by Niculae Luncașu. Niculae Luncașu hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yang Wei in the 78th minute of play. When Cristian Gârniceanu came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the FC BaLiSt fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristian Gârniceanu couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Romanian Gods™ defense, Emil Harhoiu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francisc Trăilă. The Romanian Gods™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francisc Trăilă should have stopped the shot. After 86 minutes of play, FC BaLiSt's Emil Harhoiu made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francisc Trăilă was left in no man's land by his defense there! 90 minutes into the game, Yang Wei cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 14-0. Francisc Trăilă was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Romanian Gods™ defense, Yang Wei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francisc Trăilă. The Romanian Gods™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francisc Trăilă should have stopped the shot. 96 minutes into the match, Dorin Stroici had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Francisc Trăilă. Romanian Gods™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dorin Stroici was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 16-0. There was no doubt that FC BaLiSt were the better team. FC BaLiSt's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.