mcabbi 0 - 7 BarcAHagai (365559543)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at old love for the match. Giuseppe Maggio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anre Hanni and Francisco Odemira. mcabbi started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Yona - Baranes, Ben Noam, Saadon, Mordechai - Rappaport, Zelman, Amitai, Hamami - Tshuva, Rabi.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for BarcAHagai. Lineup: Efrat - David, Noam, Berman, Shemesh - Rashid, Mansur, Shilin, Mnuskin - Mor, Magen.

The terraces were silenced after 9 minutes when BarcAHagai's S. Shemesh put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. 13 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as A. Mnuskin finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 27 minutes in, mcabbi's A. Ben Noam received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. G. Mor received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 29 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The BarcAHagai fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, BarcAHagai's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With 35 minutes played, A. Mnuskin of BarcAHagai fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. With 36 minutes played, G. Mor nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. B. Boudreaux-Weems was called on to replace BarcAHagai's A. David after 38 minutes following a nasty collision. G. Shilin increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. mcabbi's N. Zelman got himself booked for a foul. BarcAHagai's A. Mnuskin left the field after 42 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was O. Moshe. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. BarcAHagai claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

After 57 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed O. Mansur to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. G. Mor of BarcAHagai took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 66 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. After 75 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for G. Shilin who increased BarcAHagai's lead to 0 - 7. 76 minutes into the game, BarcAHagai worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. BarcAHagai had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

The most dominating mcabbi player was without a doubt Y. Tshuva. Y. Amitai turned in a dismal performance, however. S. Shemesh performed admirably for BarcAHagai. However, R. Efrat made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.