Tribute Match Honors Slain Footballer Lior Assulin
Translated & summarized from Sport5 by baba
A memorial football match was held Tuesday in Sakhnin to honor Lior Assulin, a former footballer killed on October 7th. His friends defeated the Sakhnin veterans 3-2 in the 60-minute game. The event included a ceremony attended by Assulin's family, the mayor, and the Football Association chairman.
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- A memorial football match honored Lior Assulin, killed on October 7th, in Sakhnin.
- Lior's Friends defeated the Sakhnin veterans 3-2 in the 60-minute exhibition game.
- The event was attended by Assulin's family, the mayor, and the Football Association chairman.
- Assulin was a former footballer who died at age 43 during the Nova music festival.
- Many players from the 2003/04 State Cup winning team participated.
A memorial football match was held Tuesday at Doha Stadium in Sakhnin to honor the memory of former footballer Lior Assulin, who was killed at the age of 43 during the Nova music festival on October 7th. Three years after his death, Assulin's friends and family gathered for the exhibition game, preceded by a moving ceremony attended by his family, Sakhnin Mayor Mazen Ganaim, and Football Association Chairman Shino Zuarz.
The match featured a team of veterans from Bnei Sakhnin, many of whom won the State Cup with Assulin in the 2003/04 season under coach Eyal Lachman, playing against "Lior's Friends." This team comprised individuals close to Assulin, including his brother Moaz Assulin. Notable players for the Sakhnin veterans included goalkeeper Kamoko Camara and striker Gabriel Lima, who returned to Israel after many years.
Lior's Friends ultimately won the 60-minute match 3-2. Mor Shaked, Yair Shamhon, and Nevo Mizrahi scored for the team in blue, with Mizrahi also providing two assists. Hamed Ganaim and Abbas Suan scored for the Sakhnin veterans, and Lima appeared to equalize with an added-time goal, but it was disallowed for offside.
The starting lineup for the Sakhnin legends included Camara, Basem Ganaim, Tomer Eliyahu, Avi Danan, Nidal Shalaata, Abbas Suan, Nidal Hugirat, Khaled Halaila, Morris Ozen, Ahmed Kassum, and Gabriel Lima. Lior's Friends started with Avi Ivgi, Eyal Tartzsky, Shlomi Ben Hammo, Tal Glaitman, Nadav Simantov, Yaniv Luzon, Mor Shaked, Sufwan Zuabi, Yair Shamhon, Moaz Assulin, and Nevo Mizrahi.
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