League

Qubbat Al-Sakhrah
Spectators: 7816 (Terracing: 5864, Seating: 1797, VIP seats: 155) If Lot Rosenfeld had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 5th minute, Duby Luzon 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 8 played minutes Chelsea Citadelica got a freekick which was hit by Lev Khatzir. Duby Luzon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 19 minutes of play, Chelsea Citadelica's Lot Rosenfeld made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Naftaly Franco was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC Ashquelon's Naftaly Franco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save FC Ashquelon from getting a goal against them. 25 minutes into the match, Oron Auman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nadav Gershman. Chelsea Citadelica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oron Auman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Abbot Rafner charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abbot Rafner the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Abbot Rafner hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Nadav Gershman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jericho Reshef in the 34th minute of the match. Nadav Gershman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duby Luzon in the 38th minute of the match. 45 minutes in the game Shefer Gamber did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Jericho Reshef. After a rather tough play, Chelsea Citadelica's Alvah Fridkin got a free kick in the 46th minute. It was beautiful to see FC Ashquelon's Mattias Klein in action when he in the 48th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Lot Rosenfeld made the kick off in the second half. Chelsea Citadelica's Nadav Gershman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jericho Reshef in the 54th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Jericho Reshef dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nadav Gershman, 1-2. Lot Rosenfeld scored 2-2 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Naftaly Franco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jericho Reshef in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nadav Gershman saved Chelsea Citadelica from getting behind. Abbot Rafner got his second yellow card in the match during the 67th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 69th minute, Abbot Rafner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 72nd minute, Chelsea Citadelica's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Duby Luzon fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 75th minute, Lot Rosenfeld 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. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chelsea Citadelica's goalkeeper Nadav Gershman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Oron Auman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Nadav Gershman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Duby Luzon succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 85th playminute. Duby Luzon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nadav Gershman having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Lot Rosenfeld managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chelsea Citadelica's supporters rose to their feet, but Lot Rosenfeld was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Naftaly Franco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Duby Luzon who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 95thth minute tested the skills of Nadav Gershman when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Alvah Fridkin hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. FC Ashquelon's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.