League Play-Off

Lavi Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Humi Baruch took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shar Elul in the 5th minute of play forced SC Zeitan's goalkeeper Gineton Speyer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Humi Baruch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Zeitan's goalkeeper Gineton Speyer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lavi's Hermon Martziano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sheva Adiv in the 16th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Sasson Tamari mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lavi and the SC Zeitan players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 20th minute, Sasson Tamari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Sheva Adiv ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hermon Martziano was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Ronel Kedushim's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hermon Martziano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. In the 34th minute, Humi Baruch 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. Lavi's Hermon Martziano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sheva Adiv in the 39th minute of play. Nechemiya Cadena kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in SC Zeitan's zone, Humi Baruch stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gineton Speyer came out of the goal and Humi Baruch tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 50th minute of the match SC Zeitan got a corner. Lavi's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yiftach-El Noam ran over to the corner to take the kick. Yiftach-El Noam made a great header on SC Zeitan's corner, it was just that Lavi's Hermon Martziano managed to reach the ball for a save. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Sheva Adiv made the kick off in the second half. Ronel Kedushim could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Hermon Martziano made a huge save. Sheva Adiv received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Hermon Martziano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yiftach-El Noam during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, SC Zeitan's Yiftach-El Noam got a free kick in the 65th minute. Humi Baruch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Gineton Speyer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ami Haliva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gineton Speyer was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. SC Zeitan's Gineton Speyer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ami Haliva in the 71st minute of play. Lavi's Hermon Martziano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Lavi from getting a goal against them. In the 75th minute, one of Lavi:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Lavi. Ami Haliva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gineton Speyer having to interfere. Humi Baruch hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Shar Elul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The SC Zeitan supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SC Zeitan would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.