Bytar 3 - 1 INTER (365504798)

35000 punters turned up at Kiryat Eliezer, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Rui Alexandre Proença was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Melitón Albaredo and Fabrizio Carluccio. Bytar decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Frosio - Serkut, Afonso Gonçalves, Giacomin, Balazs - Bevilacqua, Avitan, Martínez Camarón, Abuksis - Fihri, Menchell.

INTER tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Abutbul - Gostev, Hilel, Dahan, Keshet - Pe'er, Sachartov, Zerach, Saban - Veber, Zelman.

With 14 minutes gone, INTER had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, O. Keshet did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. After 20 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. H. Abuksis easily put the ball away to give the lead to Bytar. 1 - 0 Y. Saban's speed was clear to see after 26 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released A. Zelman who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 1 - 1. Bytar made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left O. Menchell completely alone with keeper C. Abutbul, who made a spectacular block. Y. Sachartov was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by Y. Veber, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Bytar took the lead 32 minutes in, as N. Avitan broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bytar, with 68 percent of the ball.

A great save by keeper C. Abutbul after 55 minutes kept the visitors in the game after M. Serkut struck from the left with a real cannonball. Bytar's A. Balazs increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 63 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of Bytar were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 78 minutes into the game, Y. Veber had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Y. Entin. INTER's A. Zelman was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 81 minutes. Bytar had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

Bytar's top performer was clearly J. Afonso Gonçalves. O. Menchell turned in a dismal performance, however. INTER's best player was A. Zelman. On the other hand, Y. Entin's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.