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Spartak Arena
Spectators: 6794 (Terracing: 5010, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 10) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Reuven Madar started the match with the kick off. Tuvia Maitner took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 10th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Berakhiah Shushan. Spartak Moskva's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Yam Shoresh kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Davey Margalit in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Berakhiah Shushan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bar Gadish succeeded in the game's 23rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Davey Margalit sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 33 minutes into the match, Spartak Moskva's Reuven Madar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yonathan Soloveitchik narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eliashiv Strasberg's late challenge caught a Spartak Moskva's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eliashiv Strasberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 34th match minute, SC Reihaniye was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliashiv Strasberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute, Spartak Moskva's Reuven Madar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Yonathan Soloveitchik. Yonathan Soloveitchik yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jathniel Roitt got free with Yonathan Soloveitchik in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. SC Reihaniye's Zeke Berzin got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Davey Margalit to make the kick off. Jathniel Roitt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Azniel Laskin's late challenge caught a Spartak Moskva's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Azniel Laskin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Azniel Laskin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SC Reihaniye's Yonathan Soloveitchik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jathniel Roitt in the 61st minute of play. Yam Shoresh kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. SC Reihaniye's Maayan Auspitz couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 65th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Spartak Moskva. If Jathniel Roitt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Reuven Madar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Spartak Moskva's supporters rose to their feet, but Reuven Madar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yonathan Soloveitchik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yonathan Soloveitchik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jathniel Roitt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spartak Moskva's Reuven Madar got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. SC Reihaniye's Yonathan Soloveitchik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jathniel Roitt in the 79th minute of play. Yonathan Soloveitchik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reuven Madar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of SC Reihaniye:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Spartak Moskva:s goal. In the 84th minute there was a penalty for Spartak Moskva. Shad Kravtsov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Yonathan Soloveitchik. 3-1. After 90 minutes, Zeke Berzin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Reihaniye and the Spartak Moskva players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 90 played minutes SC Reihaniye got a freekick which was hit by Zeke Berzin. In the 94th minute, Jathniel Roitt 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 some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Reuven Madar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Spartak Moskva's supporters rose to their feet, but Reuven Madar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yonathan Soloveitchik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.