League

Khayriyyah
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aaron Epstein got the match started through his kick off. Yoav Gintsburg kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 9th minute, Arik Gefen made a precise shot to the right of Gedalya Rotshield. FC Khayriyyah's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 14th minute, Arik Gefen made a precise shot to the right of Gedalya Rotshield. FC Khayriyyah's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. The audience was convinced that Ariel Ratzon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gedalya Rotshield was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Ariel Ratzon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Gedalya Rotshield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to FC Khayriyyah getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Alex Glauber hit a great ball. Yoel Yaharoni struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Mahmud Ohayon didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Khayriyyah. Behor Fareda hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. If Ariel Ratzon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute, Arik Gefen made a precise shot to the right of Gedalya Rotshield. FC Khayriyyah's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. 44 minutes into the match, Ariel Ratzon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gedalya Rotshield. FC Khayriyyah's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ariel Ratzon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Matei Sitboun hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Ariel Ratzon managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Jelil's supporters rose to their feet, but Ariel Ratzon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gedalya Rotshield breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Arik Gefen took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Gedalya Rotshield to make any attempt to save it. In the 60th minute Arik Gefen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gedalya Rotshield saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mahmud Ohayon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yoel Yaharoni in the 62nd minute of the match. Mahmud Ohayon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yoel Yaharoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 played minutes SC Jelil got a freekick which was hit by Dan Nahum. Gedalya Rotshield showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arik Gefen in the 69th minute of the match. Ariel Ratzon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Gedalya Rotshield made a huge save. Arik Gefen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gedalya Rotshield read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. If Aaron Epstein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SC Jelil's Dan Nahum got his second yellow card of the match in the 81st minute. The referee ordered Dan Nahum off the ground. In the 81st minute, Dan Nahum hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ariel Ratzon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Gedalya Rotshield made a huge save. If Arik Gefen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over SC Jelil could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Khayriyyah throughout the match.