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Misrara
Spectators: 6776 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roee Shivhon got the match started through his kick off. Hmimo Gilboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geva Hullin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruby Gabbay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 15 minutes into the match, Geva Hullin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hmimo Gilboa. SC Misrara's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Geva Hullin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 18 played minutes SC Taibe got a freekick which was hit by Nedaviah Goffman. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roee Shivhon during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Roee Shivhon hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute, Ruby Gabbay got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Geva Hullin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hmimo Gilboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geva Hullin in the 37th minute of play. After 39 minutes, Geva Hullin made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. SC Misrara's Hmimo Gilboa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Ruby Gabbay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hmimo Gilboa was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. When Ilya Didya fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Taibe's protests and gave Ilya Didya a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of SC Misrara booed when SC Taibe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ilya Didya didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Ruby Gabbay made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to SC Taibe getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Nedaviah Goffman hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute, Geva Hullin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hmimo Gilboa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. SC Misrara's Niro Ohana got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Misrara's goalkeeper Hmimo Gilboa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ruby Gabbay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hmimo Gilboa having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SC Taibe's Evron Efroni got a free kick in the 76th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in SC Misrara fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 81st minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 82 minutes, SC Taibe's Ilya Didya got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Hmimo Gilboa. In the 87th minute, Geva Hullin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, SC Misrara's Raviv Pahima got a free kick in the 96th minute. The SC Taibe supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SC Taibe would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.