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Hamaginim Arena
Spectators: 10908 (Terracing: 8182, Seating: 2509, VIP seats: 217) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dacian Panescu made the kick off which started today's match. Aki Pego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dacian Panescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Vítor Fernandes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus-Vinícius Berg in the 14th minute of play forced SC Hamaginim's goalkeeper Vítor Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute Marcus-Vinícius Berg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Fernandes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 20 minutes of play, Magen David's Marcus-Vinícius Berg made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vítor Fernandes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vítor Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Marcus-Vinícius Berg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vítor Fernandes having to make a save. Vítor Fernandes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SC Hamaginim's Vítor Fernandes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus-Vinícius Berg in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Hamaginim's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Giora Hamburg was slow to take the kick. During this time Magen David's players had a chance to rest. Vítor Fernandes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg in the 38th minute of the match. A collision led to SC Hamaginim getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Emmanuel Bunzl hit a great ball. Aki Pego made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Louison Cheret sent off a good shot on target. After the first half Magen David were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Magen David made a substitution. Boyde Bleazard replaced Aksel Medelsheim. The wind increased when Marcus-Vinícius Berg made the kick off in the second half. Aki Pego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Louison Cheret, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Magen David made a substitution. Mariuss Cernītis replaced Xano Maaholm. A collision led to SC Hamaginim getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Emmanuel Bunzl hit a great ball. Vítor Fernandes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Magen David made a substitution. Jedaiah Sakhai replaced Marcus-Vinícius Berg. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jedaiah Sakhai got free with Vítor Fernandes in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jedaiah Sakhai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vítor Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jedaiah Sakhai in the 66th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Jedaiah Sakhai managed to get in a good position for a shot. Magen David's supporters rose to their feet, but Jedaiah Sakhai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vítor Fernandes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. SC Hamaginim's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Shani Bassevi in the 74th minute. 77 minutes into the game, one of SC Hamaginim:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Giora Hamburg shot the penalty kick right outside the post. In the 89thth minute of the game Louison Cheret who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Magen David's Aki Pego was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Magen David's Aki Pego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Immanuiah Rubinstein in the 93rd minute of play. If Jedaiah Sakhai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 95 minutes into the match, SC Hamaginim's goalkeeper Vítor Fernandes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jedaiah Sakhai. Adil Lièvre's late challenge caught a Magen David's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adil Lièvre helped the player get up and apologised. Adil Lièvre kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Magen David were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over SC Hamaginim's much stronger midfield.