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Caesarea Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Regev Susan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Regev Susan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peri Katzar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luis Admoni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peri Katzar having to interfere. Peri Katzar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Regev Susan, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After some careless play in the SC Poriya defense, Hodiah Ovadiya kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Azar Klinger. The SC Poriya fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Azar Klinger should have stopped the shot. Aviam Ketsef's late challenge caught a SC Poriya's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aviam Ketsef helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FC Caesarea getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Aviam Ketsef hit a great ball. Yarin Rif kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. When Hodiah Ovadiya came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the FC Caesarea 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 Hodiah Ovadiya couldn't finish the play. Modi Mozes kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Hodiah Ovadiya sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 33 minutes into the match, FC Caesarea's Hodiah Ovadiya sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Azar Klinger narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 37th minute, SC Poriya's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Hodiah Ovadiya fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

SC Poriya's Azar Klinger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yada Nathan in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd match minute, SC Poriya was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yarin Rif to maneuver through the defense. Hodiah Ovadiya received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Azar Klinger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Yada Nathan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolas Rahum hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the SC Poriya defense, Hodiah Ovadiya kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Azar Klinger. The SC Poriya fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Azar Klinger should have stopped the shot. Regev Susan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Hodiah Ovadiya had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th minute, Yarin Rif hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78thth minute of the game Yada Nathan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Poriya's Azar Klinger was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yada Nathan scored 3-0 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Azar Klinger, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Regev Susan came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the SC Poriya 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 Regev Susan couldn't finish the play. Regev Susan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Caesarea walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.