League

La Cajita
Spectators: 10820 (Terracing: 8116, Seating: 2488, VIP seats: 216) Erel Serour made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Avichayil Kochan sent off a good shot on target. Rollo Christ took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yonathan Baner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rollo Christ took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avisar Tchuva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Avichayil Kochan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Erel Serour made a huge save. After 22 minutes of play, Neve Lihi's Negev Hershtog made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rollo Christ was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alex Goldschmidt charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alex Goldschmidt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rollo Christ took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Lucas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the match, Neve Lihi's goal looked a bit too open when Vic Panhuyse came free, but Erel Serour reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd match minute, Neve Lihi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Avisar Tchuva to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute Avisar Tchuva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rollo Christ saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Avishag Perutz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Neve Lihi's Yonathan Baner got a free kick in the 41st minute. Negev Hershtog took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rollo Christ. Rollo Christ dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. ALL BLACK's Toviel Mittelman was substituted for Avishag Perutz. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Negev Hershtog made the kick off in the second half. Rollo Christ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Negev Hershtog in the 57th minute of play. Uriel Zara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Rollo Christ made a huge save. In the 61st minute Peyton Costello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erel Serour saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Negev Hershtog did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Rollo Christ 69 minutes into the match. A collision led to Neve Lihi getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Shelah Azaria hit a great ball. In the 79th minute Avichayil Kochan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erel Serour saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toviel Mittelman in the 82nd minute of play forced Neve Lihi's goalkeeper Erel Serour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Neve Lihi getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Yonathan Baner hit a great ball. After 86 played minutes ALL BLACK got a freekick which was hit by Oded Urbach. Erel Serour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peyton Costello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rollo Christ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yonathan Baner in the 94th minute of play. With a little luck, ALL BLACK's Rollo Christ got control of the ball when Negev Hershtog tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Neve Lihi eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.