National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jared Wolfman started the match with the kick off. Jared Wolfman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hilario Navarro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Argentina's goalkeeper Hilario Navarro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hilario Navarro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Danell Mackiathan went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Argentina's zone, Jared Wolfman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hilario Navarro came out of the goal and Jared Wolfman 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 Jared Wolfman in the 17th minute of play forced Argentina's goalkeeper Hilario Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Arnalt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Hannan Hamdani made a huge save. Israel were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Argentina's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ayalon Shem took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Ayalon Shem got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hilario Navarro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Feliberto Francho got a throw-in 22 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nicolas Chaime. In the 23rd match minute, Israel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carmel Saba to maneuver through the defense. Jared Wolfman might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hilario Navarro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jared Wolfman ran back to his position shaking his head. Argentina's Hilario Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jared Wolfman in the 28th minute of play. Hilario Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danell Mackiathan in the 30th minute of play. A collision led to Israel getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Ayalon Shem hit a great ball. In the 31st minute of the match Nicolas Chaime sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hannan Hamdani skillfully saved the ball. Hannan Hamdani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcos Arnalt in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Danell Mackiathan came free, but Hilario Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Nicolas Chaime hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th minute of the match Ayalon Shem shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hilario Navarro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Marcos Arnalts short, quick shot in the 38thth minute got Hannan Hamdani to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Jared Wolfman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Israel's supporters rose to their feet, but Jared Wolfman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hilario Navarro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
Marcos Arnalt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hannan Hamdani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Arnalt in the 52nd minute of play. Hilario Navarro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ayalon Shem in the 54th minute. 56 minutes into the match, Israel's goal looked a bit too open when Marcos Arnalt came free, but Hannan Hamdani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 57th minute by Danell Mackiathan got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 60th minute, Jared Wolfman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hilario Navarro. The goal made the score 1-2. Argentina made a substitution. Fernando Mundo replaced Teodoro Urdin. In the 68th minute Jared Wolfman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hilario Navarro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hannan Hamdani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcos Arnalt's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute, Feliberto Francho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Israel's Avisar Gottfried managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Feliberto Francho in the 77 minute of the game. 80 minutes into the game, Israel's Jared Wolfman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hilario Navarro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. After a defensive mix-up in Israel's zone, Marcos Arnalt stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hannan Hamdani came out of the goal and Marcos Arnalt tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 87 minutes into the match, Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Jared Wolfman came free, but Hilario Navarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 90 minutes Argentina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ayalon Shem who took care of the corner kick. Jared Wolfman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hilario Navarro made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Jared Wolfman sent off a good shot on target. Marcos Arnalt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Israel's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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