Friendly League

Mesillot Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodrigo Rojas got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Atlético Nuevo Laredo's zone, Maoz Arkin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benicio Javiero came out of the goal and Maoz Arkin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rodrigo Rojas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rodrigo Rojas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tobías Astorga in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Raul Zoff prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Maoz Arkin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 18thth minute tested the skills of Benicio Javiero when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Carolo Bernat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Atlético Nuevo Laredo's Rodrigo Rojas got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Maoz Arkin took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benicio Javiero. Benicio Javiero dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Benicio Javiero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Terry Silver, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dunixi Laurenciano in the 29th minute of play forced Atlético Nuevo Laredo's goalkeeper Benicio Javiero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dunixi Laurenciano scored 2-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benicio Javiero, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Atlético Nuevo Laredo's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Dunixi Laurenciano scored to the left of an out of position Benicio Javiero, making the score, 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. 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 Maoz Arkin to make the kick off. Rigoberto Olentzaro hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 57 minutes into the match, Atlético Nuevo Laredo's goal looked a bit too open when Maoz Arkin came free, but Benicio Javiero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes Atlético Nuevo Laredo got a freekick which was hit by Flavio Etxatxu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dunixi Laurenciano in the 68th minute of play forced Atlético Nuevo Laredo's goalkeeper Benicio Javiero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Atlético Nuevo Laredo's goal looked a bit too open when Dunixi Laurenciano came free, but Benicio Javiero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atlético Nuevo Laredo's Benicio Javiero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dunixi Laurenciano in the 76th minute of play. Benicio Javiero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dunixi Laurenciano in the 80th minute of the match. After 81 minutes Atlético Nuevo Laredo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jaques Domtov who took care of the corner kick. Maccabi Netanya's Jaques Domtov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Benicio Javiero in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Raul Zoff showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Rojas, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Maoz Arkin 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Rojas in the 91st minute of play forced Maccabi Netanya's goalkeeper Raul Zoff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Terry Silver hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Raul Zoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Rojas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Maccabi Netanya fans cheered their team off the field, for while Atlético Nuevo Laredo had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.