shragito 8 - 0 MACCABI (239293681)

The 33556 spectators at shragito Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Soltan Əfruzzadə was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Clement Biery and Domingos Espinosa. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for shragito. The following players took the field: Jonsson - Magen, Delgado, Haj-Akil - Hornstein, de Mallén, Rademaker, Lelie - Rojas Caro, Foquet, Méndez.

MACCABI tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Yair - Kapin, Marin, Karo, Kook - Tzilker, Brandes, Lev, Meir - Weissberg, Lindenbaum.

shragito were determined to use their long shot ability. P. Rojas Caro gave shragito the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 N. Weissberg of MACCABI was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. shragito's L. Magen left the field after 8 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Y. Ochana. shragito solidified their lead at the 12 minute mark, as O. Lelie dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. 14 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Z. Haj-Akil broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for shragito. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, N. Rademaker got himself booked. The manager of shragito was not happy. Cheers filled the stadium as P. Rojas Caro broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to shragito. By now, the players in shragito felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. MACCABI's N. Lindenbaum got himself booked for a foul. The player down was N. Rademaker. The shragito bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. shragito's slick passing moves completely confused the defence after 34 minutes, but thanks to S. Yair's miraculous save from Y. Ochana's long shot the score remained unchanged. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to shragito, who controlled the ball 81 percent of the time.

The shragito players could smell victory in the air. J. de Mallén wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for P. Larsson after 55 minutes. N. Rademaker wanted to play on, but the shragito coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 55 minutes into the game by R. Fried. shragito put themselves up 5 - 0 when D. Foquet broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The referee showed shragito's P. Hornstein the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The sun seemed to put O. Lelie in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. shragito's P. Rojas Caro increased the lead to 6 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 85 minutes. This third goal completed a hattrick for P. Rojas Caro. shragito focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 87 minutes Y. Ochana fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. The sunny day didn't make things easy for H. Karo who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. D. Foquet squirmed through their central defence after 88 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 0. shragito's D. Foquet was shown a yellow card after 89 minutes for slicing down an opponent. U. Brandes's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for MACCABI, he bravely continued in the match. With 89 minutes played, shragito put themselves up 8 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Y. Ochana, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. shragito had most of the ball, with 83 percent of possession.

shragito's best player was W. Méndez. On the other hand, Z. Haj-Akil's play was disheartening. The most dominating MACCABI player was without a doubt U. Brandes. R. Lev was a disappointment, however. The match ends 8 - 0.