National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 13604 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 3316, VIP seats: 288) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matty Kayser took the kick off in the first half of the match. Or-Tal Hoffenreich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yannick Lützel, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Or-Tal Hoffenreich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matty Kayser in the 7th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Yannick Lützel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Or-Tal Hoffenreich was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matty Kayser in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Or-Tal Hoffenreich saved U21 Israel from getting behind. Or-Tal Hoffenreich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pol Faas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd match minute, U21 Luxembourg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luka Weber to maneuver through the defense. Or-Tal Hoffenreich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matty Kayser in the 26th minute of the match. After 27 minutes, Shimon Bardugo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Israel and the U21 Luxembourg players grew even worse after the yellow card. Shimon Bardugo hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. U21 Luxembourg's Victor Schleck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hertzl Kochan in the 31st minute of play. Victor Schleck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hertzl Kochan in the 38th minute of the match. Or-Tal Hoffenreich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pol Faas in the 42nd minute of the match. Or-Tal Hoffenreich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matty Kayser, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After the first half U21 Luxembourg were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zchariyhu Sandaka stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes, Adir Rahiti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Israel and the U21 Luxembourg players grew even worse after the yellow card. Or-Tal Hoffenreich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matty Kayser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 61 minutes into the match, U21 Israel's goal looked a bit too open when Yannick Lützel came free, but Or-Tal Hoffenreich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yannick Lützel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Or-Tal Hoffenreich made a huge save. U21 Israel's Or-Tal Hoffenreich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Israel from getting a goal against them. The supporters of U21 Luxembourg booed when U21 Israel was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shimon Bardugo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Shimon Bardugo hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the match, U21 Israel's goalkeeper Or-Tal Hoffenreich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Linus Göbl. Or-Tal Hoffenreich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Charlie von Clausewitz in the 73rd minute. After 74 minutes of play U21 Israel's Adir Rahiti was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 78 minutes into the match, U21 Luxembourg's Charlie von Clausewitz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Or-Tal Hoffenreich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of U21 Israel:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of U21 Luxembourg:s goal. U21 Israel:s Or-Tal Hoffenreich showed great skill when he stopped Dion Heppenheimer:s penalty. Dion Heppenheimer did an outstanding performance 84 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 0-2 to the right of an irritated Or-Tal Hoffenreich in the goal. When Zchariyhu Sandaka fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Israel's protests and gave Zchariyhu Sandaka a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of U21 Luxembourg booed when U21 Israel was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zchariyhu Sandaka didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Israel's Or-Tal Hoffenreich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Israel from getting a goal against them. In the 91st match minute, U21 Luxembourg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luka Weber to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute, Linus Göbl ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Or-Tal Hoffenreich was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. When the match was over U21 Luxembourg could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Israel throughout the match.