Aluf 0 - 3 Champions (381085216)

9730 spectators arrived at Aluf, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Federico Kenig was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arnaud Poissonnier and Stein Wiig. Aluf started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Lineup: Shivhon - Kattash, Petrov, Margalit, Grunder, Ruchti - Rosenthal, Salomon, Shifman, Weinstein - Meirov.

Champions tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tardieu - Dotan, Rozban, Moyal, Shevach - Saglovic, Chermon, Werner, Ben-Ari - Twily, Weinstein.

Aluf clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Champions seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Champions took the lead after 4 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. Twily placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Aluf's M. Salomon almost tied things up with 4 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. U. Weinstein came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over D. Shivhon but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. B. Ben-Ari of Champions took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 24 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. Aluf's U. Margalit got himself booked for a foul. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, S. Saglovic of Champions spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

Champions mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 48 minutes, but Y. Dotan was unable to convert from short range. Aluf had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Champions were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 61 minutes, B. Ben-Ari swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 0 - 3. Champions's S. Saglovic was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 71 minutes. Champions enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

M. Salomon performed admirably for Aluf. On the other hand, E. Weinstein's play was disheartening. Champions's best player was U. Weinstein. Y. Moyal on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.