League Play-Off

Migda
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Arnon Dreyer made the kick off and thus started the match. Giora Krug took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dave Rogovoi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Jasper Morgenthau managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Migda's supporters rose to their feet, but Jasper Morgenthau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adison Izhaki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Giora Krug showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ely Marchinsky in the 14th minute of the match. Adison Izhaki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnon Dreyer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giora Krug showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ely Marchinsky in the 20th minute of the match. 23 minutes into the game, Yedidiah Hassidi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Shalwa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Migda the free kick. Yedidiah Hassidi kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in SC Shalwa's zone, Arnon Dreyer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adison Izhaki came out of the goal and Arnon Dreyer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 28 minutes, Jasper Morgenthau managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Migda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jasper Morgenthau was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 30th minute, Ely Marchinsky hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnon Dreyer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Arnon Dreyer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 41 minutes, Ely Marchinsky mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Shalwa and the FC Migda players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute, Ely Marchinsky hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Jasper Morgenthau managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Migda's supporters rose to their feet, but Jasper Morgenthau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adison Izhaki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adison Izhaki didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 48th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ely Marchinsky to make the kick off. Dave Rogovoi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. SC Shalwa's Ely Marchinsky got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Ely Marchinsky fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 70th minute, Jasper Morgenthau made a precise shot to the right of Adison Izhaki. SC Shalwa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Arnon Dreyer managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Migda's supporters rose to their feet, but Arnon Dreyer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adison Izhaki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in SC Shalwa's zone, Jasper Morgenthau stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adison Izhaki came out of the goal and Jasper Morgenthau tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Jasper Morgenthau's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adison Izhaki was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Arnon Dreyer might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adison Izhaki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arnon Dreyer ran back to his position shaking his head. Arnon Dreyer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 86th minute of the game. One of SC Shalwa:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Migda:s goal. Boris Azrad hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the match, SC Shalwa's goal looked a bit too open when Jasper Morgenthau came free, but Adison Izhaki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 97th minute Dave Rogovoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giora Krug saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Migda's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.