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Nahasholim Arena
Spectators: 9153 (Terracing: 6923, Seating: 2123, VIP seats: 107) סיפורים מהקופסא's Arbel Devlin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th match minute, Hakoach Ramat Gan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guy Luzh to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Guy Luzh made a precise shot to the right of Aba Ben-Yakar. סיפורים מהקופסא's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. A collision led to סיפורים מהקופסא getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Eliam Amarel hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Guy Luzh's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aba Ben-Yakar was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After 21 minutes of play, Hakoach Ramat Gan's Guy Luzh made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aba Ben-Yakar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dolev Gref sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in סיפורים מהקופסא's zone, Guy Luzh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aba Ben-Yakar came out of the goal and Guy Luzh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to סיפורים מהקופסא getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Duby Haviv hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Dolev Gref managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hakoach Ramat Gan's supporters rose to their feet, but Dolev Gref was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aba Ben-Yakar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Guy Luzh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39thth minute of the game Guy Luzh who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but סיפורים מהקופסא's Aba Ben-Yakar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dolev Gref sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Guy Luzh in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aba Ben-Yakar saved סיפורים מהקופסא from getting behind. After the first half Hakoach Ramat Gan were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Guy Luzh to strike the kick off in the second half. Eliseo Nahe's late challenge caught a סיפורים מהקופסא's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eliseo Nahe helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Hakoach Ramat Gan's Eliseo Nahe got a free kick in the 51st minute. Guy Luzh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aba Ben-Yakar having to interfere. Guy Luzh in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aba Ben-Yakar, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 57th minute, Guy Luzh made a precise shot to the right of Aba Ben-Yakar. סיפורים מהקופסא's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After having played for 63 minutes, Guy Luzh managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hakoach Ramat Gan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guy Luzh was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guy Luzh got free with Aba Ben-Yakar in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 66 minutes into the game, Guy Luzh cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Aba Ben-Yakar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eliseo Nahe was shown his second yellow card after 69 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of סיפורים מהקופסא booed when Hakoach Ramat Gan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Nahe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elnathan Winnik recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Levy Golob made in the 76th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Hakoach Ramat Gan's Aryeh Rifkin. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Aryeh Rifkin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hakoach Ramat Gan's supporters rose to their feet, but Aryeh Rifkin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aba Ben-Yakar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Dolev Gref had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guy Luzh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Aba Ben-Yakar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, סיפורים מהקופסא's goalkeeper Aba Ben-Yakar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dolev Gref. Dolev Gref recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Guy Luzh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dolev Gref sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.