Inter Tel Aviv maintained their title challenge with a routine win over Rainball.
January 5, 2015 13:09SPORTS DIRECT OLIM LEAGUE
RAINBALL 1 INTER TEL AVIV 4
Inter Tel Aviv maintained their title challenge with a routine win over Rainball.
This was the first-ever meeting between the two sides, with both tcamps joining the league at the start of the season. Rainball were still looking for their first point of the campaign prior to the game, while Inter have had a decent first half of the season.
Inter are traditionally slow starters and they were made to pay early on when Noam Siluk fired Inter in front.
The visitors responded immediately as Dani Markovitz grabbed his first goal of the season after a shot from Mike Langer had been parried.
The away side went into the half time break ahead when Craig Smitheram executed a delightful one-two with outstanding Gav Hill before slotting past the Rainball keeper.
Inter’s manager, Jerome Katz, then brought himself on for the second half for his first appearance of the season and his impact was simply sensational. The Swiss forward picked up the ball just inside the Rainball half with only his first touch, danced past three defenders, before firing a 40-yard thunderbolt that lobbed the keeper.
With a two-goal deficit so early in the second half, the Rainball threat somewhat diminished and Inter extended their lead even further when Katz sent through Robertinho Lima who accurately got his first goal for the club.
The tempo dropped dramatically in the last 20 minutes, but Rainball continued to search for a consolation. However, the Inter defence held firm, with the likes of Ariel Benzaquen and Brian Goldfarb putting in solid displays at the back to leave Inter in joint-second position, just four points behind leaders Ra’anana.
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