League

Manshiya
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Israel Briyah made the kick off which started today's match. Nedaviah Dichter made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Yehonadav Abbebe sent off a good shot on target. SC Manshiya's Yehoshua Gronberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raviv Katzar in the 12th minute of play. Gedaliah Avitahl kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. If Raviv Katzar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yehonadav Abbebe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matityahu Ben-Ari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nedaviah Dichter having to interfere. Nedaviah Dichter was a little too slow when Matityahu Ben-Ari got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 24th minute. The score was now 1-0. Nedaviah Dichter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matityahu Ben-Ari in the 28th minute of the match. Nedaviah Dichter was a little too slow when Matityahu Ben-Ari got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 2-0. 43 minutes into the game, one of SC Manshiya:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave SC Sanddalah a penalty, 46 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Dekel Holtzman, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SC Manshiya's Yehoshua Gronberg. 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. 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 Matityahu Ben-Ari to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Matityahu Ben-Ari sped through SC Sanddalah's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nedaviah Dichter. An unexpectedly hard shot by Israel Briyah in the 58th minute of play forced SC Manshiya's goalkeeper Yehoshua Gronberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in SC Manshiya's zone, Raviv Katzar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yehoshua Gronberg came out of the goal and Raviv Katzar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raviv Katzar got free with Yehoshua Gronberg in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Raviv Katzar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yehoshua Gronberg having to interfere. Enoch Hanuka scored 3-2 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yehoshua Gronberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nedaviah Dichter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matityahu Ben-Ari in the 81st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Matityahu Ben-Ari managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Manshiya's supporters rose to their feet, but Matityahu Ben-Ari was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nedaviah Dichter breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute Matityahu Ben-Ari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nedaviah Dichter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yehoshua Gronberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Israel Briyah in the 96th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The SC Manshiya fans cheered their team off the field, for while SC Sanddalah had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.