U18 League

Hoseifa
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ben-Ami Amran made the kick off which started today's match. Ben-Ami Amran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Robert Manevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuval Laban, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. When Jedd Dotan fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored G.R.'s protests and gave Jedd Dotan a yellow card for diving instead. In the 11th match minute, G.R. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jedd Dotan to maneuver through the defense. Rozen Lipsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafim Selmani in the 12th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in G.R.'s zone, Ile Manojlovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rozen Lipsky came out of the goal and Ile Manojlovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuval Laban in the 24th minute of play forced Red Bull Club's goalkeeper Robert Manevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yuval Laban's late challenge caught a Red Bull Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yuval Laban helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to G.R. getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Yuval Laban hit a great ball. Rozen Lipsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ile Manojlovski in the 29th minute of play. Atanas Živkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Rozen Lipsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 46 minutes into the game, G.R.'s Ben-Ami Amran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robert Manevski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

51 minutes into the match, G.R.'s goalkeeper Rozen Lipsky had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ile Manojlovski. Atanas Živkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Rozen Lipsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Atanas Živkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Angel Lazarevski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Rozen Lipsky made a huge save. 59 minutes into the match, G.R.'s goalkeeper Rozen Lipsky had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ile Manojlovski. After 62 minutes, Ben-Ami Amran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the G.R. and the Red Bull Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. 71 minutes into the match, Red Bull Club's goal looked a bit too open when Yuval Laban came free, but Robert Manevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 74 minutes, Angel Lazarevski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Bull Club and the G.R. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Angel Lazarevski kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Ben-Ami Amran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Manevski was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Bojan Daev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Rozen Lipsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rozen Lipsky didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ile Manojlovski went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Yuval Laban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robert Manevski having to interfere. G.R.'s Rozen Lipsky proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save G.R. from getting a goal against them. Red Bull Club's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because G.R. had won, even though Red Bull Club had held more of the ball.