Friendly League

Tuyen Quang
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ngô Tuan got the match started through his kick off. Lê Phuoc was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 7th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 10 minutes, Nguyễn Cadeo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tuyen Quang and the Hapoel Natzrat players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Tuyen Quang was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Cadeo to maneuver through the defense. After 14 played minutes, Hapoel Natzrat's Bobby Tawill shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nguyễn Huynh Duc came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hapoel Natzrat reached it. Nguyễn Huynh Duc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noach Aschlag in the 15th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Ehud Sulzberger notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Tuyen Quang's Nguyễn Huynh Duc. Nguyễn Huynh Duc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 20th minute Ehud Sulzberger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Huynh Duc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nguyễn Huynh Duc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ehud Sulzberger in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anan Benisti in the 28th minute of play forced Tuyen Quang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Huynh Duc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Huynh Duc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bobby Tawill in the 29th minute of play. After 31 played minutes Tuyen Quang got a freekick which was hit by Lê Minh Phượng. Anan Benisti took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nguyễn Huynh Duc. Tuyen Quang's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 33 played minutes Tuyen Quang got a freekick which was hit by Lê Minh Phượng. Tuyen Quang's Nguyễn Huynh Duc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Noach Aschlag in the 34th minute of play. Nguyễn Huynh Duc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bobby Tawill, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th match minute, Tuyen Quang was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Cadeo to maneuver through the defense. After 42 minutes of play, Hapoel Natzrat's Ehud Sulzberger made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nguyễn Huynh Duc was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Tuyen Quang players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Hapoel Natzrat were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ehud Sulzberger was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bobby Tawill in the 51st minute of play forced Tuyen Quang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Huynh Duc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bobby Tawill received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Nguyễn Huynh Duc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gabrielo Schwartzman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Nguyễn Huynh Duc made a huge save. Nguyễn Huynh Duc was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Anan Benisti capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Anan Benisti really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. In the 67th minute Ngô Tuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Motta Alfandari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabrielo Schwartzman's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nguyễn Huynh Duc firmly grabbed it by the left post. Nguyễn Huynh Duc kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. In the 75th minute, Hapoel Natzrat's Ehud Sulzberger dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Nguyễn Huynh Duc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anan Benisti went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Nguyễn Huynh Duc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ehud Sulzberger went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabrielo Schwartzman in the 90th minute of play forced Tuyen Quang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Huynh Duc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Huynh Duc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bobby Tawill in the 93rd minute of the match. Tuyen Quang's Nguyễn Huynh Duc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bobby Tawill in the 96th minute of play. Hapoel Natzrat's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.