League Play-Off

Menahemya
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Elron Goldshtein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mush Koren in the 4th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Vital Sinay was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Menahemya's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Tushiyya the free kick. Vital Sinay kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simyon Haviv in the 14th minute of play forced Menahemya's goalkeeper Elron Goldshtein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute, Elyaniv Roded made a precise shot to the right of Avishay Megudal. FC Tushiyya's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Elyaniv Roded was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. Menahemya's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Elron Goldshtein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simyon Haviv in the 28th minute of play. Elron Goldshtein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mush Koren in the 29th minute of the match. Frank Udi kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Elyaniv Roded made a kick off. In the 54th minute Menahemya were awarded a corner. Gad Gordana went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Menahemya's corner Gad Gordana fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Avishay Megudal quite easily take care of the ball. When Eli Nevo fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Menahemya's protests and gave Eli Nevo a yellow card for diving instead. When the match had been going on for 58 minutes, FC Tushiyya's Osher Shahada got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Elron Goldshtein. Frank Udi hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After 75 minutes, Teva Frank mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Tushiyya and the Menahemya players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Ron Alberman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Ron Alberman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Avishay Megudal was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Mush Koren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Elron Goldshtein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Menahemya's Elron Goldshtein proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Menahemya from getting a goal against them. Menahemya's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Mush Koren 99 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. The FC Tushiyya players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.