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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) In the 3rd minute, Shabtay Miman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ronald Small. The goal made the score 1-0. When Kfir Antebi fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Israel's protests and gave Kfir Antebi a yellow card for diving instead. After 6 minutes of play, USA's Bernardo Brower made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eli Carmieli was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 9th minute Avinoam Moskovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronald Small saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Avinoam Moskovich succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 9th playminute. Israel's Eli Carmieli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Brower in the 13th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Israel's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo Brower came free, but Eli Carmieli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Milan Vinson in the 15th minute. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Bernardo Brower put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Eli Carmieli. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Bernardo Brower put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Eli Carmieli. Ronald Small stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shabtay Miman's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Shabtay Miman kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cody Arnold in the 40th minute of play forced Israel's goalkeeper Eli Carmieli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Brower in the 42nd minute of play forced Israel's goalkeeper Eli Carmieli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardo Brower might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eli Carmieli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bernardo Brower ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 45 minutes, Bernardo Brower managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bernardo Brower was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ronald Small showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shabtay Miman in the 46th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cody Arnold to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, USA's Bernardo Brower ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eli Carmieli. Eli Carmieli yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. 54 minutes into the game, USA's Bernardo Brower nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eli Carmieli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-5. Israel's Tamir Klaf was substituted for Kfir Antebi. After 61 minutes of play, Israel's Avinoam Moskovich made it 3-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronald Small was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by John Ben Hanoch in the 64th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Ronald Small to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Israel's goal looked a bit too open when Milan Vinson came free, but Eli Carmieli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Israel made a substitution. Davidi Pik replaced Rishon Shimoni. USA's Stan Regan was substituted for Myles Randall. David Whitaker made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Israel's Eli Carmieli managed to reach the ball for a save. 75 minutes into the match, Bo Sanderson notched a goal, 3-6, to the right of Israel's Eli Carmieli. Eli Carmieli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. USA made a substitution. Agustin Yankı replaced Bernardo Brower. Eli Carmieli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bo Sanderson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the match, Deron Segal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronald Small. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deron Segal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-6. 87 minutes into the match, Agustin Yankı dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Eli Carmieli, 4-7. Ronald Small didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Shabtay Miman went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-7 was the resulting score. The USA supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing USA would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.