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Yashresh Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 8 minutes of play, Haderah's Gafni Nussbaum made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Koren Hertzberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Haderah's Achituv Moran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Haderah from getting a goal against them. 15 minutes into the match, Yashresh's goal looked a bit too open when Yam Sirkin came free, but Koren Hertzberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Koren Hertzberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gafni Nussbaum, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliam Yakhin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Achituv Moran made a huge save. Gafni Nussbaum hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Lishai Shakhaq hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Eliam Yakhin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Achituv Moran firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Telem Netter in the 32nd minute of play forced Yashresh's goalkeeper Koren Hertzberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Eliam Yakhin took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Achituv Moran to make any attempt to save it. Yam Sirkin hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Achituv Moran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliam Yakhin in the 46th minute of play. Eliam Yakhin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Telem Netter's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Koren Hertzberg firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliam Yakhin in the 62nd minute of play forced Haderah's goalkeeper Achituv Moran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Achituv Moran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliam Yakhin, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Gafni Nussbaum hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Achituv Moran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliam Yakhin in the 70th minute of play. Eliam Yakhin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Achituv Moran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yam Sirkin kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 75th minute Gafni Nussbaum shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Koren Hertzberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliam Yakhin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Achituv Moran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 81 minutes into the game, Tzach Gefen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Haderah's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Yashresh the free kick. Tzach Gefen hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute, Haderah's Noach Gil ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Koren Hertzberg. Koren Hertzberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. Eliam Yakhin struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Achituv Moran didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Yashresh. The audience was convinced that Yoshiyahu Smoller's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Achituv Moran was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Eliam Yakhin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Achituv Moran having to interfere. Yashresh were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.