A brace from Manu Schultz inspired Inter Tel Aviv to an impressive 3-0 victory at Ashdod in the Sports Direct Olim League.
November 18, 2014 09:50ByAnonymous, Anonymous
SPORTS DIRECT OLIM LEAGUE
ASHDOD 0 INTER TEL AVIV 3
A brace from Manu Schultz inspired Inter Tel Aviv to an impressive 3-0 victory at Ashdod in the Sports Direct Olim League.
With both teams going into this game on six points, all the signs pointed towards a close contest, and it started that way right from the off.
In a fairly uninspiring first half, neither side was willing to commit too many forward in order to prevent conceding the opening goal. Inter’s greatest threat in the opening 45 minutes, Airton Manuel, was consistently targeted by the resilient Ashdod defence, while at the other end a number of individual errors gave Ashdod some half-chances, the best of which was superbly saved by the outstretched arm of Sam Friedman, who would later earn his first clean sheet of the campaign.
A determined Inter came out of the half time break firing on all cylinders and were rewarded with a goal just three minutes into the second half. A mazy run by marauding right-back Omri Elani saw him find Manu Schultz who curled the ball beyond the reach of the home keeper to break the deadlock.
A cagey half an hour followed with both sides desperately looking to find the second goal of the game, yet it was the Inter defence that held firmest, assisted by the hardworking performances of Ariel Benzaquen and Cedric Membrez.
A cross from James Fattal fizzled across the Ashdod penalty area and Schultz was on hand again to grab his and Inter’s second of the night.
With a two-goal cushion, the visitors saw out the game with ease and the final result was made to look far more comfortable, following Martin Orson’s low free-kick that found its way into the bottom corner of the goal.
The win is Inter’s third consecutive victory and shows them to be real contenders in this league, in what is their first season together.
Report by Sam Sank