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Qubbat Al-Sakhrah
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lot Rosenfeld got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to SC Shomerah getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Nesher Givati hit a great ball. If Lot Rosenfeld had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lot Rosenfeld might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Agron Beer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lot Rosenfeld ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 20th minute, Alvah Fridkin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Armin Doar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Agron Beer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Armin Doar kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Agron Beer. That made the score 1-0 in the 31 minute of play. When Alvah Fridkin fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Chelsea Citadelica's protests and gave Alvah Fridkin a yellow card for diving instead. The audience was convinced that Ari Massel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nadav Gershman was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Lot Rosenfeld succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 37th playminute. 40 minutes into the match, Lot Rosenfeld notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of SC Shomerah's Agron Beer. Agron Beer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Lot Rosenfeld had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 49 played minutes SC Shomerah got a freekick which was hit by Eliyahu Ben-Tsvi. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ari Massel to make the kick off. In the 66th minute, Nehorai Visebord hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Agron Beer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armin Doar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the game, Adiv Raichman threw the ball into play from the sideline. Chelsea Citadelica's Alvah Fridkin quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ittay Ben-Meir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Nadav Gershman made a huge save. Lot Rosenfeld struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Agron Beer didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chelsea Citadelica. Agron Beer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armin Doar, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Lot Rosenfeld's late challenge caught a SC Shomerah's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lot Rosenfeld helped the player get up and apologised. Lot Rosenfeld hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Nadav Gershman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ari Massel in the 85th minute of the match. Ittay Ben-Meir received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nadav Gershman came out and tried to block the shot, but Ittay Ben-Meir slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 86th minute. The supporters of SC Shomerah booed when Chelsea Citadelica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hillel Hashai didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Nachum Alfaks in the 93rd minute really tested Nadav Gershman's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the SC Shomerah players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Chelsea Citadelica.