National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) An unexpectedly hard shot by Meir Zweig in the 3rd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Damiano Bellomo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Cristiano Giacchetti hit a great ball. Damiano Bellomo made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Jessy Dobrich sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Israel getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Jehu Baghdadi hit a great ball. Damiano Bellomo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gili Nadler in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Israel's Gili Nadler ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Damiano Bellomo. Damiano Bellomo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 19th match minute, Israel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yehoshua Moshon to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 21 minutes, Christian Miccoli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Miccoli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Christian Miccoli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gili Nadler in the 30th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Damiano Bellomo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Koby Fain got free with Damiano Bellomo in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Israel booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrico Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lavy Trotzky hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The supporters of Israel booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fedele Savoia didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Miccoli to make the kick off. Fedele Savoia might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Simeon Casa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fedele Savoia ran back to his position shaking his head. Simeon Casa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Miccoli in the 54th minute of play. In the 58th minute Gili Nadler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Bellomo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Israel booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrico Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Italy's Anselmo Puddu was substituted for Christian Miccoli. Enrico Costa hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Italy made a substitution. Dario Roberto replaced Antonello Senatore. Israel made a substitution. Tarshish Hossa replaced Jessy Dobrich. Israel's Abiyel Pablo was substituted for Gabrielo Rosner. Simeon Casa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Puddu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Franko Baresi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Simeon Casa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 79th minute, Tarshish Hossa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Israel fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. If Anselmo Puddu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anselmo Puddu got free with Simeon Casa in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd match minute, Israel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yotvat Gefen to maneuver through the defense. Franko Baresi struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Simeon Casa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. After some careless play in the Israel defense, Anselmo Puddu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Simeon Casa. The Israel fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Simeon Casa should have stopped the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Israel fans cheered their team off the field, for while Italy had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.