League

The Garden
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ilya Thelder started the match with the kick off. Eliyahu Hochman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alvah Bar-On came out and tried to block the shot, but Eliyahu Hochman slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Areli Nusseri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alvah Bar-On. SC Yibneh's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Areli Nusseri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. A collision led to SC Yibneh getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Zamir Fuld hit a great ball. Alvah Bar-On acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 14th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Eliyahu Hochman. After 14 played minutes SC Yibneh got a freekick which was hit by Lanir Bochner. Alvah Bar-On showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilya Thelder, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eliyahu Hochman got free with Alvah Bar-On in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the match, Areli Nusseri notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of SC Yibneh's Alvah Bar-On. Alvah Bar-On was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ilya Thelder struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Alvah Bar-On didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Maccabi Brooklyn. Maccabi Brooklyn's Areli Nusseri got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Natan Shiffman fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Maccabi Brooklyn's protests and gave Natan Shiffman a yellow card for diving instead. Eliyahu Hochman kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 32nd minute of the match Bela Poole sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jacot Riff skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Maccabi Brooklyn getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Eliyahu Hochman hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Eliyahu Hochman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alvah Bar-On. The goal made the score 4-0. If Errapel Cohn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Amikam Yehudi charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amikam Yehudi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Maccabi Brooklyn booed when SC Yibneh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amikam Yehudi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alvah Bar-On showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilya Thelder, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Atir Marco was the one to do the kick off. Alvah Bar-On came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Maccabi Brooklyn's Areli Nusseri. But to his dismay, Areli Nusseri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Yoach Erlich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Volf Bauman hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Alvah Bar-On stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ilya Thelder's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. In the 65th minute Areli Nusseri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvah Bar-On saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Areli Nusseri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Alvah Bar-On tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Errapel Cohn might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alvah Bar-On. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Errapel Cohn ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilya Thelder in the 77th minute of play forced SC Yibneh's goalkeeper Alvah Bar-On to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 played minutes SC Yibneh got a freekick which was hit by Lanir Bochner. Errapel Cohn took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alvah Bar-On. Alvah Bar-On dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. 86 minutes into the match, SC Yibneh's goal looked a bit too open when Areli Nusseri came free, but Alvah Bar-On reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eliyahu Hochman took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alvah Bar-On. Alvah Bar-On dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Alvah Bar-On showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Areli Nusseri, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Ilya Thelder managed to get in a good position for a shot. Maccabi Brooklyn's supporters rose to their feet, but Ilya Thelder was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alvah Bar-On breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Maccabi Brooklyn fully deserved thier win.