League

Sasa Stadium
Spectators: 10882 (Terracing: 8162, Seating: 2503, VIP seats: 217) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abner Rubinstein made the kick off which started today's match. Azazyahu Eckstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Abell Jessel heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Rafael Lucas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 13 minutes into the match, MEME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yada Kleiman came free, but Azazyahu Eckstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Neve Lihi's Erel Serour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adir Rahiti in the 17th minute of play. With a little luck, Neve Lihi's Erel Serour got control of the ball when Yoshafat Nefrin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Azazyahu Eckstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 26 minutes into the match, Yoshafat Nefrin dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Erel Serour, 1-0. Azazyahu Eckstein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Negev Hershtog, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the game, Yonathan Baner cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Azazyahu Eckstein was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Negev Hershtog took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Azazyahu Eckstein. Azazyahu Eckstein dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 45th minute, Negev Hershtog ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Azazyahu Eckstein was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Negev Hershtog made a kick off. After 54 minutes of play, MEME FC's Yoshafat Nefrin made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erel Serour was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yoshafat Nefrin made a great header on MEME FC's corner, it was just that Neve Lihi's Erel Serour managed to reach the ball for a save. Azazyahu Eckstein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Negev Hershtog in the 62nd minute. Erel Serour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yoshafat Nefrin in the 64th minute of the match. Negev Hershtog in the 65thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Azazyahu Eckstein, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 66 minutes into the match, Neve Lihi's goal looked a bit too open when Yoshafat Nefrin came free, but Erel Serour reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Azazyahu Eckstein made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Negev Hershtog sent off a good shot on target. MEME FC made a substitution. Evenezer Silkin replaced Vardimon Blume. After taking down the ball on Neve Lihi's corner Abell Jessel fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Azazyahu Eckstein quite easily take care of the ball. Azazyahu Eckstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Negev Hershtog, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Yada Kleiman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Azazyahu Eckstein made a huge save. Azazyahu Eckstein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Negev Hershtog in the 82nd minute. After 83 played minutes MEME FC got a freekick which was hit by Abir Guggenheim. The supporters of Neve Lihi booed when MEME FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abir Guggenheim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stathis Tsalamagas kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After 92 played minutes Neve Lihi got a freekick which was hit by Negev Hershtog. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abner Rubinstein in the 93rd minute of play forced Neve Lihi's goalkeeper Erel Serour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MEME FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yoshafat Nefrin in the 95th minute. The corner ended in Or-Tal Amsalem almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Neve Lihi's Erel Serour did a great save. The MEME FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Neve Lihi's performance. The match ended with a win for Neve Lihi.