League

Caesarea Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Shachaf Einstein started the match with the kick off. Yaron Claman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Azariya Poriah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 4 minutes, Armon Hedaya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Caesarea and the SC ASHKELON players grew even worse after the yellow card. Armon Hedaya hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The supporters of SC ASHKELON booed when Caesarea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shachaf Einstein didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yaron Claman in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Azariya Poriah prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 8thth minute of the game Yaron Claman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Caesarea's Azariya Poriah was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yaron Claman in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Azariya Poriah prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Yaron Claman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Azariya Poriah was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Meir Israel in the 12th minute of play forced Caesarea's goalkeeper Azariya Poriah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When SC ASHKELON's Yaron Claman in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Caesarea's goalie prevented a goal. After 15 minutes, Yaron Claman made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Caesarea's Azariya Poriah tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yaron Claman in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Azariya Poriah saved Caesarea from getting behind. 24 minutes into the match, Caesarea's goal looked a bit too open when Yaron Claman came free, but Azariya Poriah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Azariya Poriah came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by SC ASHKELON's Israel Schreiber. But to his dismay, Israel Schreiber quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Azariya Poriah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Meir Israel, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. When SC ASHKELON's Yaron Claman in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Caesarea's goalie prevented a goal. During the 31st minute of the match Armon Hedaya completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Armon Hedaya a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 32 played minutes Caesarea got a freekick which was hit by Armon Hedaya. 33 minutes into the match, SC ASHKELON's Meir Israel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Azariya Poriah narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Shlomo Hitt hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Israel Schreiber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Azariya Poriah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 36 played minutes Caesarea got a freekick which was hit by Giovanni Freud. Azariya Poriah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yaron Claman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Azariya Poriah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yaron Claman's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. The SC ASHKELON fans' excitement grew in the 41st match minute when SC ASHKELON's Yaron Claman looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Yaron Claman scored 0-5 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Azariya Poriah, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yaron Claman to strike the kick off in the second half. With his leg Azariya Poriah managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when SC ASHKELON's Yaron Claman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yaron Claman succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 61st playminute. In the 66th match minute, Caesarea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shlomo Hitt to maneuver through the defense. After 68th play minutes Yaron Claman shot 0-8, a short shot which went by Azariya Poriah and just under the crossbar into goal. When SC ASHKELON's Yaron Claman in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Caesarea's goalie prevented a goal. Yaron Claman's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 75thth minute, Azariya Poriah skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yaron Claman in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Azariya Poriah prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When SC ASHKELON's Meir Israel in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Caesarea's goalie prevented a goal. Yaron Claman in the 79thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Azariya Poriah, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Azariya Poriah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yaron Claman's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Caesarea's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Meir Israel scored to the left of an out of position Azariya Poriah, making the score, 0-10. In the 94th minute Yaron Claman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Azariya Poriah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yaron Claman's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Azariya Poriah firmly grabbed it by the left post. The Caesarea fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SC ASHKELON were clearly better and deserved to take the win.