League Play-Off

Nofek Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ofer Goldberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Ofer Goldberg notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Milhamiye's Eliahu Haba. Eliahu Haba was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Milhamiye getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Moav Salman hit a great ball. Eliahu Haba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ofer Goldberg in the 14th minute of play. Eliahu Haba was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ofer Goldberg showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 18 minute of play. Ofer Goldberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliahu Haba having to interfere. After 23 minutes, Tedi Martziano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Milhamiye and the FC Nofek players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Milhamiye got a freekick which was hit by Tedi Martziano. Ofer Goldberg charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ofer Goldberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Milhamiye's Yermiyaho Liff in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Nofek's goalie prevented a goal. Eldror Karpenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ynon Suan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Arik Udi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Nofek fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. If Eldror Karpenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute, Shlomke Mahmali hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Yermiyaho Liff to make the kick off. Ynon Suan made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Eldror Karpenko sent off a good shot on target. Arik Udi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliahu Haba having to interfere. Eliahu Haba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ofer Goldberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arik Udi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliahu Haba having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Milhamiye's Valery Buchris got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Ofer Goldberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Milhamiye's Yermiyaho Liff got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ofer Goldberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Eliahu Haba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Ofer Goldberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Nofek fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. In the 87th minute Ofer Goldberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliahu Haba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valery Buchris hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. FC Nofek's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.