Maccabi finished the home match in a 2:2 draw with Hapoel Jerusalem. Trivante Stewart scored a brace (50’, 59’) for Maccabi
Israeli Premier League - 9th fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs Hapoel Jerusalem | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Dolev Haziza (C), Peter Agba, Ali Mohamed, Ethan Azoulay, Suf Podgoreanu, Djordje Jovanovic, Trivante Stewart.
Kick Off
22’ Haziza crosses a sharp ball into the box, Mohamed heads it, but the goalkeeper, Nadav Zamir, parries it away from the goal line.
32’ Yellow Card: Ali Mohamed (Maccabi)
38’ Azoulay tries his luck from 20 meters, but the goalkeeper collects it.
41’ Yellow Card: Djordje Jovanovic (Maccabi)
41’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Kenji Gorre and Kenny Saief in, Suf Podgoreanu and Djordje Jovanovic out.
43’ Saief receives the ball at the edge of the box and shoots it, but the ball goes wide.
Second Half
50’ GOAL! Gorre breaks forward with the ball and passes it to Stewart inside the box. Stewart shakes off his defender and fires a low shot straight into Zamir’s net. 1:0 for Maccabi
50’ Assist: Kenji Gorre
56’ Yellow Card: Andrew Idoko (H. Jerusalem)
59’ GOAL! Stewart takes a penalty shot and converts it successfully. 2:0 for Maccabi
63’ Substitution for Maccabi: Silva Kani in, Dolev Haziza out.
64’ Double substitution for H. Jerusalem: Jardel and Guy Badash in, Yanai Distalfeld and Israel Dappa out.
66’ Ali Mohamed makes a great interception and bursts into the box, then sends an excellent pass to Gorre whose shot hits only Zamir’s post.
68’ Gorre crosses a brilliant ball into the box that finds Azoulay, whose header hits the post.
70’ GOAL! The ball arrives to Awaka Eshata inside Maccabi’s box, and he narrows the score. 2:1 for Maccabi
71’ Substitution for H. Jerusalem: Ilay Madmon in, Ohad Almagor out.
77’ Stewart shakes off his defenders and passes the ball to Gorre, who shoots from the edge of the box, but the goalkeeper collects it.
81’ Substitution for Maccabi: Goni Naor in, Ethan Azoulay out.
83’ Double substitution for H. Jerusalem: David Domgjoni and Ibeh Ransom in, Omer Agvadish and Andrew Idoko out.
87’ Stewart passes by his defender inside the box, and shoots powerfully, but Zamir deflects it for a corner kick.
90’+4’ Yellow Card: Abdoulaye Seck (Maccabi)
90’+5’ GOAL! Madmon shoots a flat ball from outside the box and levels the score. 2:2 at Sammy Ofer
90’+6’ Final whistle.
