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Modiin massacred by England's New Boys
England B 8 Modiin 3
A frantic start for England B saw them edgy against an experienced Modiin side. But it was the B's who struck the first blow as a superb run and cross by veteran midfielder, Jonathan Binke was accidently directed into the net by a Modiin defender.
Modiin responded immediately with an equalizer and then took the lead with a fabulous finish.
England manager Clifford Corney reacted by changing his side's tactics and was instantly rewarded when Omri calmly netted the ball past Modiin keeper, Tenambaum.
Both sides now very up for the game and the B's clearly had their goal-scoring boots on as another goal from Omri and a goal for Roy Bizou gave them a two-goal lead.
England B had defensive woes of their own and Modiin capitalised on this and got another goal to make it 4-3 at half time
Mastermind Corney reshuffled his back four at half time and the Modiin threat was completely extinguished by England for the remaining 45 minutes.
With the dominance of possession, England forwards continued their scoring spree as Omri and Bizou both completed their hatricks.
England midfielder Beja then added to Modiin's misery as he scored a cheeky back-heel.
Corney commented on how pleased he was with the result and stated his side's "high ambitions" for the season.
Injury time strike from Raanana clinches a win in a seven-goal thriller
Raanana 4 Aviv City 3
Last year's cup finalists Raanana claimed their first win of the season after narrowly coming out on top to a much improved Aviv side.
After having three breaks in the first 10 minutes from their pacy forward Rafi K, Raanana got their early goal as Rafi's partner up front Eitan Ben scored a low drive from the edge of the area. It only took two minutes before they were on the scoresheet again, this time midfielder Naftalie scoring a scorcher from 30 yards.
Rafi K went off injured after 15 minutes and finally Aviv could breathe and started to play some attacking football of their own. They were rewarded on 20 minutes when a freak free-kick from Aviv midfielder Janus went over the Raanana keeper from 45 yards.
Raanana were playing great football, orchestrated by their young left back, and extended their lead to 3-1 on 37 minutes as their substitute Aviad scored a lovely header from a corner.
Aviv were also reaping the benefits of their own changes as substitute Zagi hit the post directly from his own corner.
You could feel the tension in the Aviv dugout as their frustrations were being felt and Raanana manager Weisenberg had frustrations of his own seeing that his starlet Rafi K would be unable to feature again in this contest.
Aviv's joint management of Binstock and Schneider must have said something inspirational at the break as they put themselves back in the game on 50 minutes with a superb header from Zagi to make it 3-2 to Raanana.
Aviv started giving everything they could but their lone forward Adam Jaffe was failing to hit the target.
Aviv's evening seemed to be over as they saw an effort hit the crossbar with only 10 minutes left on the clock.
But there was to be another twist in this tale, as Aviv midfielder Michael Dahan scored a delightful goal from 30 yards on 86 minutes to level the scores.
Raanana's youth showed their worth in the dying minutes of this fixture with a surge of attacks, first hitting the crossbar, then forcing and excellent save from Aviv keeper Bradman and then in the dying seconds, substitute Aviad broke Aviv's hearts with a stunning run and finish.
Team of the week
GK: F. Salgado (Jerusalem)
RB: N. Weisenberg (Raanana)
CB: D. Newman (Jerusalem)
CB: D. Kosky (Jerusalem)
LB: D. Berkeley (Jaffa)
M: J. Binke (England B)
M: M. Dahan (Aviv)
M: S. Toubul (Ashdod)
F: M. Lewis (Jerusalem)
F: Omri (England B)
F: R. Ben Zihou (England B)
Manager of the week: Clifford Corney (England B)