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Natzrat Stadium
Spectators: 5329 (Terracing: 4249, Seating: 1075, VIP seats: 5) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ehud Sulzberger kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Viko Loren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maslul and the Hapoel Natzrat players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Maslul fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Yehezkel Mashiah, was totally fooled by Hapoel Natzrat's Bobby Tawill, who 4 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Noach Aschlag was extremely unlucky when he, in the 7th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The crowd rose to their feet as Ehud Sulzberger kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Yehezkel Mashiah. That made the score 2-0 in the 11 minute of play. Yehezkel Mashiah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bobby Tawill in the 17th minute of play. With his leg Yehezkel Mashiah managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Hapoel Natzrat's Noach Aschlag fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yehezkel Mashiah stood somewhat misplaced when Ehud Sulzberger came free in front of goal and shot 4-0 to the left of him in the 19 minute. After 23 minutes, Ehud Sulzberger made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Maslul's Yehezkel Mashiah tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Noach Aschlag in the 29thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Yehezkel Mashiah, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Yehezkel Mashiah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Noach Aschlag's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Noach Aschlag's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Yehezkel Mashiah skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Yehezkel Mashiah stood somewhat misplaced when Noach Aschlag came free in front of goal and shot 7-0 to the left of him in the 32 minute. Noach Aschlag let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 36th minute shot 8-0 at rihgt post. After a defensive mix-up in Maslul's zone, Bobby Tawill stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yehezkel Mashiah came out of the goal and Bobby Tawill tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Noach Aschlag sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 41 played minutes Ehud Sulzberger rounded Maslul's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 9-0. 45 minutes into the game, Hapoel Natzrat's Noach Aschlag nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yehezkel Mashiah made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Oved Sudmi to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Ehud Sulzberger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yehezkel Mashiah was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. When Hapoel Natzrat's Noach Aschlag in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maslul's goalie prevented a goal. When Ehud Sulzberger came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Hapoel Natzrat 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 Ehud Sulzberger couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noach Aschlag in the 56th minute of play forced Maslul's goalkeeper Yehezkel Mashiah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ehud Sulzberger took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yehezkel Mashiah. Yehezkel Mashiah dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. Anan Benisti kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Motta Alfandari didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 64th minute, which inside left pole to 11-1. After a rather tough play, Maslul's Andrei Sasson got a free kick in the 70th minute. A nice corner shot did that Bobby Tawill got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yehezkel Mashiah quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Ehud Sulzberger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yehezkel Mashiah was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 75th minute, Ehud Sulzberger ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yehezkel Mashiah was frozen by the shot and now it was 13-1. After having played for 78 minutes, Bobby Tawill managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hapoel Natzrat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bobby Tawill 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 match had gone on for 79 minutes, Ehud Sulzberger put it in 14-1 from a short distance just to the right of Yehezkel Mashiah. When Hapoel Natzrat's Ehud Sulzberger in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maslul's goalie prevented a goal. Noach Aschlag blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yehezkel Mashiah having to make a save. Yehezkel Mashiah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ehud Sulzberger's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Yehezkel Mashiah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ehud Sulzberger's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. When the match clock showed 96 minutes, the score became 16-1 when Ehud Sulzberger sped through Maslul's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yehezkel Mashiah. Hapoel Natzrat walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.