Hapoel Be’er Sheva had three victories and one draw in the first four meetings between the two, but this time it was Benny Raina who celebrated. The game was actually decided in the opening minute, after a mess in defense and a bad reaction by Niv Eliasi to Ganem’s weak kick. Dayner Kinyons, making his red team debut, tried to get his team back into the game, but neither he nor the others really bothered Gad Amos. The closest to the goal was Antonio Sefer, who in the 17th minute shook the crossbar with a free ball that landed right on the goal line.
After an incident at halftime between Maximo Levy and Mohamed Osman, the Jewish-Argentine defender made way for Andre Foucault, who returned from injury, but that didn’t lead to a change either. The pace remained slow and Breda’s offensive exchanges did not pick it up either. Raina held on with a strong defense led by Sembinia, enjoyed a dynamic performance by Roi Shokarni in the midfield and gave Sharon Mimer his first victory in his coaching career over Hapoel Beer Sheva (where he served as an assistant) after 18 previous attempts.
