Official Cup

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 575 (Terracing: 432, Seating: 132, VIP seats: 11) Aitor Branca started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Dolar Blue Ψ's Atauri Flores got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The supporters of Dolar Blue Ψ booed when Galati Harbour Cats was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dan Petrescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Aitor Branca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Octavian Soare. Galati Harbour Cats's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aitor Branca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. David Abad made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Shi Li sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shi Li in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Abad saved Dolar Blue Ψ from getting behind. In the 11th match minute, Galati Harbour Cats was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ianis Man to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Octavian Soare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aitor Branca in the 15th minute of play. In the 18th minute of the match, Shi Li got a very nice opportunity to score, but David Abad was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to Galati Harbour Cats getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Onurhan Çinuçin hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aitor Branca in the 20th minute of play forced Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Aitor Branca managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dolar Blue Ψ's supporters rose to their feet, but Aitor Branca 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. In the 23rd minute, Galati Harbour Cats's Onurhan Çinuçin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind David Abad. David Abad yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Aitor Branca blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Octavian Soare having to make a save. Galati Harbour Cats's Octavian Soare played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aitor Branca in the 27th minute of play. Octavian Soare came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Dolar Blue Ψ's Aitor Branca. But to his dismay, Aitor Branca quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 38th minute Shi Li shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aitor Branca in the 39th minute of play forced Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aitor Branca in the 39th minute of play forced Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Dolar Blue Ψ's David Abad got control of the ball when Shi Li tried to sneak it across the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, Aitor Branca notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Galati Harbour Cats's Octavian Soare. Octavian Soare was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Shi Li was the one to do the kick off. David Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ianis Man, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 58 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aitor Branca. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Li in the 63rd minute of play. Octavian Soare made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aitor Branca in the 66th minute. Galati Harbour Cats's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Aitor Branca scored to the left of an out of position Octavian Soare, making the score, 1-4. Dolar Blue Ψ's Remigio Vigil was substituted for Santiago Eriksen. Galati Harbour Cats made a substitution. Mo Yuan Fan replaced Onurhan Çinuçin. 72 minutes into the match, Dolar Blue Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Shi Li came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute of the match Galati Harbour Cats got a corner. Dolar Blue Ψ'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. Dan Petrescu made a great header on Galati Harbour Cats's corner, it was just that Dolar Blue Ψ's David Abad managed to reach the ball for a save. 85 minutes into the match, Shi Li had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Abad. Dolar Blue Ψ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Shi Li was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dolar Blue Ψ's goalkeeper David Abad, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 91 played minutes Galati Harbour Cats got a freekick which was hit by Iordache Negrițoiu.

The Galati Harbour Cats fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Dolar Blue Ψ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.