League

Sasa Stadium
Spectators: 10903 (Terracing: 8175, Seating: 2510, VIP seats: 218) MEME FC's Jaroslaw Tomporowski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Magen David's Aki Pego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witold Trela in the 5th minute of play. Magen David's Marcus-Vinícius Berg got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. MEME FC's Azazyahu Eckstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus-Vinícius Berg in the 13th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Magen David's goalkeeper Aki Pego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by İlkan İlmen. 19 minutes into the match, Magen David's goal looked a bit too open when İlkan İlmen came free, but Aki Pego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Ferruccio Brunelli got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Azazyahu Eckstein quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 30th minute, İlkan İlmen reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aki Pego. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 32nd minute of the game Eitan Indibo made a throw-in which Stathis Tsalamagas played forward. Azazyahu Eckstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferruccio Brunelli in the 36th minute of the match. In the 38th minute MEME FC were awarded a corner. Thomas Potter went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on MEME FC's corner Thomas Potter fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aki Pego quite easily take care of the ball. Azazyahu Eckstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus-Vinícius Berg, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 46th minute Marcus-Vinícius Berg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Azazyahu Eckstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Magen David's Jedaiah Sakhai was substituted for Marcus-Vinícius Berg. Magen David made a substitution. Bastian Van der Sande replaced Dekel Glas. İlkan İlmen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jedaiah Sakhai in the 54th minute of play forced MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jedaiah Sakhai's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Azazyahu Eckstein read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bastian Van der Sande in the 63rd minute of play forced MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Magen David's Jedaiah Sakhai dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Magen David made a substitution. Mariuss Cernītis replaced Xano Maaholm. After a defensive mix-up in Magen David's zone, İlkan İlmen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aki Pego came out of the goal and İlkan İlmen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Magen David's Aki Pego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by İlkan İlmen in the 80th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Magen David's Jedaiah Sakhai sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Azazyahu Eckstein narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jedaiah Sakhai in the 82nd minute of play forced MEME FC's goalkeeper Azazyahu Eckstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the match, MEME FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jedaiah Sakhai came free, but Azazyahu Eckstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yoshafat Nefrin in the 88th minute of play forced Magen David's goalkeeper Aki Pego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Jedaiah Sakhai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Azazyahu Eckstein. MEME FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jedaiah Sakhai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After a rather tough play, Magen David's Ferruccio Brunelli got a free kick in the 97th minute. MEME FC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.