League Play-Off

Choumra Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Liran Meyerson started the match with the kick off. Ariel Nachtomi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elul Abekasis in the 7th minute of play. Ariel Nachtomi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loni Fink in the 9th minute of the match. Elul Abekasis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ariel Nachtomi having to interfere. In the 12th match minute, Choumra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yevgeni Dego to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Yevgeni Dego hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Choumra getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Chiko Alfasi hit a great ball. Gadi Fridman, 21 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a rather tough play, SC Messilot's Luis Kokoshvili got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute, Liran Meyerson 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. In the 35th minute, Liran Meyerson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sagiv Gefen. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 41st match minute, Choumra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asi Elul to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Choumra getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Leon Malmilyan hit a great ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Elul Abekasis made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Loni Fink got free with Ariel Nachtomi in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Choumra getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Chiko Alfasi hit a great ball. When SC Messilot's Loni Fink in 57 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Ariel Nachtomi guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. 58 minutes into the match, Choumra's Liran Meyerson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sagiv Gefen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Leon Malmilyan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Sagiv Gefen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Elul Abekasis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liran Meyerson in the 66th minute of play forced SC Messilot's goalkeeper Sagiv Gefen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leon Malmilyan struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Sagiv Gefen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Choumra. 72 minutes into the match, Liran Meyerson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sagiv Gefen. SC Messilot's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liran Meyerson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Loni Fink's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 76thth minute, Ariel Nachtomi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Sagiv Gefen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leon Malmilyan's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Loni Fink received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Ariel Nachtomi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Loni Fink sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ariel Nachtomi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elul Abekasis in the 87th minute of the match. Ariel Nachtomi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elul Abekasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 91 minutes, Chiko Alfasi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Choumra and the SC Messilot players grew even worse after the yellow card. Chiko Alfasi hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 94th minute of the match SC Messilot got a corner. Choumra's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gadi Fridman ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led SC Messilot's Gadi Fridman to fire away a dangerous shot which Ariel Nachtomi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Liran Meyerson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. For all the effort they put into the match, the SC Messilot players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Choumra.