League Play-Off

Tiberias Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rafi Mozes started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Ofek Malul mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Tiberias and the FC Avuka players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ofek Malul kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Loni Hazan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liron Shalo in the 4th minute of play. Zvulun Gerber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitali Malka having to interfere. Vitali Malka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafi Mozes in the 11th minute of play. Issa Atias hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. When Ahitzur Refaeli came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the FC Avuka fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ahitzur Refaeli couldn't finish the play. Rafi Mozes was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 22nd minute. SC Tiberias's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Liron Shalo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Shmulik Ohayon charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Shmulik Ohayon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 27th minute, Shmulik Ohayon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahitzur Refaeli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Tiberias's Loni Hazan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liron Shalo in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Ofek Malul hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Tiberias's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Shar Karadi was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Avuka's players had a chance to rest. Artyum Maimoni was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ahitzur Refaeli to strike the kick off in the second half. Liron Shalo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-1 in the 55th playminute. Ahitzur Refaeli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Loni Hazan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Liron Shalo in the 62nd minute. Ahitzur Refaeli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Loni Hazan having to interfere. Liron Shalo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Loni Hazan having to interfere. FC Avuka's Ahitzur Refaeli got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to SC Tiberias getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Avner Lavy hit a great ball. Loni Hazan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahitzur Refaeli's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. In the 71st minute, Avner Lavy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Avner Lavy's late challenge caught a FC Avuka's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Avner Lavy helped the player get up and apologised. Avner Lavy hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Shar Karadi sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and SC Tiberias's Loni Hazan didn't even have to move. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avner Lavy in the 78th minute of play forced FC Avuka's goalkeeper Vitali Malka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of SC Tiberias booed when FC Avuka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Itay Nahman didn't get a good kick on the ball. 82 minutes into the match, SC Tiberias's Avri Rahmin broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Zvulun Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Vitali Malka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Itay Nahman hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Loni Hazan made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Liron Shalo sent off a good shot on target. FC Avuka played a much better game than SC Tiberias and deserved their victory. The SC Tiberias players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.