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Kabul Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Francisco Melo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Teo Palmach kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Borislav Krosnev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shona Neeman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in yam's zone, Ardon Tribel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Borislav Krosnev came out of the goal and Ardon Tribel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Borislav Krosnev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ardon Tribel in the 10th minute. Shona Neeman scored 1-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Borislav Krosnev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 21st match minute, Kabul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Bendor to maneuver through the defense. Kabul's Eden Shushan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Melo in the 23rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Leon Bendor kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Borislav Krosnev. That made the score 2-0 in the 28 minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Zemaria Reuben ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eden Shushan was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 35th match minute, Kabul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herschel Yadid to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kabul's goalkeeper Eden Shushan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 41st minute Zemaria Reuben shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eden Shushan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Eldor Shiffman fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kabul's protests and gave Eldor Shiffman a yellow card for diving instead. In the 41st minute, Eldor Shiffman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the match, Zemaria Reuben had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eden Shushan. Kabul's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zemaria Reuben was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Shona Neeman to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, yam's goal looked a bit too open when Ardon Tribel came free, but Borislav Krosnev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lokman Pekel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Eden Shushan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 58 minutes in the game, Lokman Pekel fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Eden Shushan having to interfere. After 60 played minutes Kabul got a freekick which was hit by Leon Bendor. Francisco Melo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Eden Shushan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leon Bendor hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 68th play minutes Francisco Melo shot 2-3, a short shot which went by Eden Shushan and just under the crossbar into goal. After a defensive mix-up in Kabul's zone, Francisco Melo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eden Shushan came out of the goal and Francisco Melo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpected shot in the 74th minute by Zemaria Reuben got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. yam's Francisco Melo got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpected shot in the 77th minute by Lokman Pekel got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Francisco Melos short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Eden Shushan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Shona Neeman came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Kabul fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Shona Neeman couldn't finish the play. If Francisco Melo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francisco Melo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eden Shushan having to interfere. Lokman Pekel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eden Shushan having to interfere. 94 minutes into the match, Kabul's goalkeeper Eden Shushan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Francisco Melo. After 95 minutes of play Kabul's Leon Bendor was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of yam booed when Kabul was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Bendor didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded yam left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Kabul.