League Play-Off

Burgatah
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dror Barkai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Issa Halahla having to interfere. Manor Ohayon didn't quite understand what happened when in the 10 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Markus Moskovich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Moshe Shapira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Oved Alterman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Katrah's supporters rose to their feet, but Oved Alterman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Moshe Shapira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evyatar Hazut in the 23rd minute of play forced Katrah's goalkeeper Issa Halahla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Burgatah's Yetev Badir got a free kick in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Burgatah's goal looked a bit too open when Oved Alterman came free, but Moshe Shapira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the game, Oved Alterman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Moshe Shapira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Markus Moskovich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Moshe Shapira was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Markus Moskovich to make the kick off. Oved Alterman might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Moshe Shapira. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oved Alterman ran back to his position shaking his head. Oved Alterman took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Moshe Shapira. Moshe Shapira dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Markus Moskovich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75th match minute, Katrah was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oved Alterman to maneuver through the defense. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Katrah's goalkeeper Issa Halahla, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evyatar Hazut in the 82nd minute of play forced Katrah's goalkeeper Issa Halahla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Oved Alterman came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Katrah 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 Oved Alterman couldn't finish the play. 89 minutes into the match, Dror Barkai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Issa Halahla. Katrah's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dror Barkai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Katrah's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.