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Hatserim Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benzion Mahlkin kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yale Strongin in the 3rd minute of play forced Hatserim's goalkeeper Guri Tarratut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guri Tarratut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amichay Pauker in the 5th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Amichay Pauker got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Guri Tarratut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amichay Pauker in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 34th minute Benzion Mahlkin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Warner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Yale Strongin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Guri Tarratut was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Alex Hazan hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the match, Hatzor's Lishai Fishel broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The supporters of Hatzor booed when Hatserim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Hazan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lishai Fishel was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 40th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 44 minutes into the match, Amichay Pauker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Guri Tarratut. Hatserim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Amichay Pauker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpected shot in the 49th minute by Benzion Mahlkin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Amichay Pauker made a kick off. Rea Trachtenberg kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amichay Pauker in the 53rd minute of play forced Hatserim's goalkeeper Guri Tarratut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yoshiyahu Seligman's late challenge caught a Hatzor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yoshiyahu Seligman helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th match minute, Hatserim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yoshiyahu Seligman to maneuver through the defense. Amichay Pauker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guri Tarratut having to interfere. Amran Zayyat's late challenge caught a Hatzor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amran Zayyat helped the player get up and apologised. Amichay Pauker did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Guri Tarratut 70 minutes into the match. Guri Tarratut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amichay Pauker in the 74th minute of the match. Henanya Cotton's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Patrick Warner read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Henanya Cotton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Patrick Warner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Guri Tarratut managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when Hatzor's Amichay Pauker fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yale Strongin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guri Tarratut having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amichay Pauker in the 89th minute of play forced Hatserim's goalkeeper Guri Tarratut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yale Strongin struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Guri Tarratut didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hatzor. Yale Strongin might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Guri Tarratut. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yale Strongin ran back to his position shaking his head. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Hatzor walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.