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Kiryat Eliezer
Spectators: 6889 (Terracing: 5100, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 0) Shalom Kuwsh started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Yevorach Maximov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shalom Kuwsh, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After 10 minutes of play, Taiyibi's Niram Sheffer made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joy Baruch was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 13 played minutes Shalom Kuwsh rounded Taiyibi's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. Joy Baruch didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abie Kutzer went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Joy Baruch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ravi Matzlawi in the 30th minute of the match. Ravi Matzlawi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joy Baruch having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Abie Kutzer put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Joy Baruch. Abie Kutzer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ravi Matzlawi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Taiyibi's Abie Kutzer got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the maccabi haifa defense, Ravi Matzlawi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joy Baruch. The maccabi haifa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joy Baruch should have stopped the shot. Ravi Matzlawi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joy Baruch having to interfere. After the first half Taiyibi were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abie Kutzer to strike the kick off in the second half. Shalom Kuwsh blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yevorach Maximov having to make a save. maccabi haifa's defense didn't have a chance, in the 59th minute, when Abie Kutzer scored to the left of an out of position Joy Baruch, making the score, 1-5. Joy Baruch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abie Kutzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Abie Kutzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joy Baruch having to interfere. A collision led to maccabi haifa getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Yiftach Harel hit a great ball. Abie Kutzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joy Baruch having to interfere. The supporters of maccabi haifa booed when Taiyibi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niram Sheffer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Taiyibi's Yevorach Maximov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nitzan Folt in the 78th minute of play. With a little luck, maccabi haifa's Joy Baruch got control of the ball when Ravi Matzlawi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ravi Matzlawi took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Joy Baruch. Joy Baruch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-6. Joy Baruch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abie Kutzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, maccabi haifa's Yan Cantarini got a free kick in the 88th minute. Taiyibi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Asarel Hazan in the 91st minute. Taiyibi's Asarel Hazan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Joy Baruch in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the final whistle sounded Taiyibi left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than maccabi haifa.