League

Mesillot Stadium
Spectators: 10878 (Terracing: 8159, Seating: 2502, VIP seats: 217) Nalo Bermejo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Raul Zoff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nalo Bermejo in the 8th minute of the match. SC Hamaginim were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Maccabi Netanya's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Shani Bassevi took the corner. The supporters of Maccabi Netanya booed when SC Hamaginim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Louison Cheret didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Maccabi Netanya's goalkeeper Raul Zoff, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Maccabi Netanya's Tadmor Netaniyahu got a free kick in the 17th minute. Vítor Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dunixi Laurenciano in the 23rd minute of play. Maccabi Netanya's Raul Zoff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Louison Cheret in the 25th minute of play. SC Hamaginim's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Shani Bassevi in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Louison Cheret in the 31st minute of play forced Maccabi Netanya's goalkeeper Raul Zoff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, SC Hamaginim's Vítor Fernandes got control of the ball when Tadmor Netaniyahu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Raul Zoff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nalo Bermejo in the 35th minute of play. With his leg Vítor Fernandes managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Maccabi Netanya's Tadmor Netaniyahu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to SC Hamaginim getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Nalo Bermejo hit a great ball. After having played for 47 minutes, Wout Wipp managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Hamaginim's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wout Wipp was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tadmor Netaniyahu made a kick off. When Jori Pereire fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Maccabi Netanya's protests and gave Jori Pereire a yellow card for diving instead. Vítor Fernandes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tadmor Netaniyahu went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Raul Zoff was a little too slow when Nalo Bermejo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 1-1. 67 minutes into the match, SC Hamaginim's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Betonowy came free, but Vítor Fernandes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute, Michal Betonowy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vítor Fernandes was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Terry Silver hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. SC Hamaginim's Nalo Bermejo got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vítor Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Betonowy, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 87th minute SC Hamaginim were awarded a corner. Shani Bassevi went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Dabi Carceles almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Maccabi Netanya's Raul Zoff did a great save. In the 90th minute, Immanuiah Rubinstein reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Raul Zoff. The goal made the score 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in SC Hamaginim's zone, Tadmor Netaniyahu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vítor Fernandes came out of the goal and Tadmor Netaniyahu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dunixi Laurenciano's late challenge caught a SC Hamaginim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dunixi Laurenciano helped the player get up and apologised. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.