Israeli Premier League - 22nd Matchweek | Maccabi Haifa vs Hapoel Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Daniel Sundgren, Lorenco Simic, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Kenny Saief, Ali Mohamed, Gadi Kinda, Lior Refaelov (C), Anan Khalaili, Din David.
Kick Off
6’ Saief shakes off his defender at the left flank, cuts to the center, and shoots a curved ball with his right foot, but Hapoel’s goalkeeper, Yoav Gerafi, tips the ball over the crossbar for a corner kick.
9’ Kinda was fouled inside the box. The referee awarded a penalty after the VAR’s intervention.
10’ Refaelov takes the penalty, Gerafi blocks the attempt.
15’ GOAL! Khalaili penetrates into the box and crosses the ball towards Kinda who heads it into the net. 1:0 for Maccabi
18’ Yellow Card: Mohammed Kamara (Hapoel)
26’ Goldberg breaks forward 40 meters, and shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball goes narrowly wide.
30’ Kinda sends a brilliant incisive pass towards Pierrot who shoots from inside the box, but the ball is deflected for a corner kick.
Second Half
53’ Yellow Card: Daniel Sundgren (Maccabi)
56’ GOAL! Tomer Yosefi shoots from inside the box, the ball hits the post and reaches Goldberg who tries to clear it, but he clears it straight to Yosefi that shoots again and scores this time. 1:1 at Sammy Ofer
58’ Refaelov breaks forward with the ball, enters the box and shoots from a difficult angle, but he misses the target.
61’ Substitution for Maccabi: Manuel “Show” Cafumana in, Daniel Sundgren out.
64’ Yellow Card: Gadi Kinda (Maccabi)
65’ Substitution for Hapoel: Dmitriy Antilevskiy in, Guy Melamed out.
67’ Yellow Card: George Diba (Hapoel)
69’ Refaelov crosses a free kick into the box, Pierrot heads it, but the ball goes straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.
70’ Seck sends a magnificent incisive pass towards Pierrot who is left alone in front of the goalkeeper and shoots, but Gerafi denies it.
72׳ Mohamed passes the ball to Kinda who shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball goes over the crossbar.
73’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Daniil Lesovoy and Ilay Feingold in, Gadi Kinda and Lorenco Simic out.
79’ Substitution for Hapoel: Denis Polyakov in, Liran Sardal out.
81’ Yellow Card: Fernand Mayembo (Hapoel)
83’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Tomer Hemed and Lior Kasa in, Lior Refaelov and Ali Mohamed out.
83’ Yellow Card: Lior Refaelov (Maccabi)
86’ Double substitution for Hapoel: Itay Buganim and Bar Lin in, Naor Sabag and Mohammed Kamara out.
90’ Yellow Card: Lior Refaelov (Maccabi)
90’+2’ Saief receives the ball at the edge of the box and shoots, but the goalkeeper collects it.
90’+4׳ Final whistle.
