National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Chile's Jamil Mustafa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Noam Sitt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Alberto Albertz went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 7th minute, José Alberto Albertz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Chile fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After a rather tough play, U21 Israel's Hedi Trabelsi got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 12th match minute, U21 Israel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hedi Trabelsi to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 14 minutes, Jamil Mustafa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Chile's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jamil Mustafa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jacob Pinaud struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Noam Sitt didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Chile. 0-3 became the score in the 18th minute when Jamil Mustafa elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to U21 Chile getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Jamil Mustafa hit a great ball. In the 38th minute Jamil Mustafa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noam Sitt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Noam Sitt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Alberto Albertz in the 41st minute of play. U21 Israel's Noam Sitt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jamil Mustafa in the 42nd minute of play. In the 44th minute Jamil Mustafa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noam Sitt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to U21 Israel getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Gavriyahu Izenberg hit a great ball. U21 Israel made a substitution. Jakim Gottesman replaced Silvain Miranda. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

U21 Chile's Ladislao Mazurkiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jakim Gottesman in the 52nd minute of play. Jamil Mustafa was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 55th minute. U21 Chile's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jamil Mustafa in the 57th minute of play forced U21 Israel's goalkeeper Noam Sitt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute, Shimshon Spielberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 65 minutes into the match, Jakim Gottesman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ladislao Mazurkiewicz. U21 Chile's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jakim Gottesman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. After a rather tough play, U21 Chile's Florín Peirano got a free kick in the 70th minute. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Chile's zone, Arbel Shafir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz came out of the goal and Arbel Shafir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Jakim Gottesman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ladislao Mazurkiewicz was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. In the 74th match minute, U21 Israel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eldor Suder to maneuver through the defense. When José Alberto Albertz came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the U21 Chile fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that José Alberto Albertz couldn't finish the play. After 81 played minutes U21 Chile got a freekick which was hit by Jamil Mustafa. In the 82nd match minute, U21 Chile was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florín Peirano to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Israel's zone, Jacob Pinaud stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Noam Sitt came out of the goal and Jacob Pinaud tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Arbel Shafir in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 Chile's Pere Morillo. With a little luck, U21 Israel's Noam Sitt got control of the ball when José Alberto Albertz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dekel Meta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ladislao Mazurkiewicz having to interfere. U21 Chile's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.