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Afule Arena
Spectators: 6776 (Terracing: 5010, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Shachar Efrati started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sela Abutbul in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abbot Zissberg saved SC Afule from getting behind. Abbot Zissberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sela Abutbul's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Avisar Gaffney hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Tuli Pesi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Abbot Zissberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Sela Abutbul put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Abbot Zissberg. Avisar Gaffney's late challenge caught a maccabisteam's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Avisar Gaffney helped the player get up and apologised. Avisar Gaffney hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Abbot Zissberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shachar Kreutzer's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute, Avisar Gaffney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Shachar Kreutzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abbot Zissberg having to interfere. Abbot Zissberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sela Abutbul, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 43 minutes into the match, Sela Abutbul notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of SC Afule's Abbot Zissberg. Abbot Zissberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sela Abutbul made a kick off. A collision led to maccabisteam getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Sela Abutbul hit a great ball. If Noach Buchbut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, SC Afule's Shadmon Geldern got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 57 minutes into the game, maccabisteam's Sela Abutbul nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abbot Zissberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. The audience was convinced that Sela Abutbul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abbot Zissberg was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Sela Abutbul received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Abbot Zissberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abbot Zissberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sela Abutbul, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Hugo Umbruso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shachar Efrati, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The supporters of SC Afule booed when maccabisteam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teobald Majczyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, SC Afule's Jens Sahar got a free kick in the 74th minute. After having played for 75 minutes, Sela Abutbul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. maccabisteam's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sela Abutbul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 83 minutes into the match, SC Afule's goal looked a bit too open when Ranan Haviv came free, but Abbot Zissberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sela Abutbul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Honi Melamed fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored maccabisteam's protests and gave Honi Melamed a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, maccabisteam's Honi Melamed got a free kick in the 87th minute. Abbot Zissberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sela Abutbul in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute of the match, Shachar Kreutzer tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Abbot Zissberg saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.