The Greens beat Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0:4 from goals by Noam Cohen (13’ og.), Din David (66’, 75’), and Oleksandr Syrota (72’)
Israeli Premier League - 5th fixture | Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs Maccabi Haifa | Netanya Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Vital Nsimba, Pedro Oliveira, Oleksandr Syrota, Ilay Feingold, Ali Mohamed, Mahmoud Jaber, Dia’a Sabia, Xander Severina, Dolev Haziza (C), Din David.
Kick Off
8’ Yellow Card: Dolev Haziza (Maccabi)
13’ GOAL! Kiryat Shmona’s defense clears the ball straight to Haziza inside the box, he tries to cross the ball, but the ball hits Noam Cohen and goes into his own net. 0:1 for Maccabi
16’ Severina takes advantage of a mistake of the local defense steals the ball and shoots with his left foot towards the far post, but the ball goes just slightly wide.
21’ Haziza tries his luck with a shot from 18 meters, but Kiryat Shmona’s goalkeeper, Assaf Tzur, blocks the attempt.
24’ Haziza sends a great long ball forward to David, but Tzur deflects the latter’s shot for a corner kick.
29’ Once again, Haziza sends a clever long pass from the center of the pitch towards David, who shoots the ball, but Tzur denies the attempt.
33’ Feingold crosses a great ball into the box, Haziza heads it, but the goalkeeper collects the ball.
42’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ali Mohamed was injured and replaced by Ethan Azoulay.
45’+1’ Yellow Card: Avihai Wodaje (Kiryat Shmona)
Second Half
46’ Substitution for Kiryat Shmona: Hamza Shibli in, Avihai Wodaje out.
47’ Yellow Card: Sekou Bangoura (Kiryat Shmona)
48’ Yellow Card: Pedro Oliveira (Maccabi)
49’ Yellow Card: Dia’a Sabia (Maccabi)
55’ Sabia sends Severina a great deep pass, the latter enters into the box and shoots with his left foot, but the ball only whistled next to the post.
63’ Triple substitution for Maccabi: Lior Refaelov, Kenny Saief and Matías Nahuel in, Dolev Haziza, Vital Nsimba and Xander Severina out.
66’ GOAL! Refaelov shoots a sharp ball from the edge of the box, Tzur clears the ball poorly straight to the post, and from there, the ball is deflected straight to David, who is in the right place to shove it in. 0:2 for Maccabi.
70’ Refaelov provides an incisive pass towards David, who shoots it, but the ball is cleared for a corner kick.
71’ Double substitution for Kiryat Shmona: Roei Zikri and Yair Mordechai in, Jardel Sá da Silva and Cristian Martínez out.
72’ GOAL! Refaelov crosses the corner kick into the box, the ball reaches Pedro, who shoots it powerfully to the crossbar. The ball is deflected straight to David who heads it backwards towards Syrota, who heads in Maccabi’s third goal! 0:3 for Maccabi.
72’ Assist: Din David
74’ Yellow Card: Ayad Habashi (Kiryat Shmona)
75’ GOAL! Jaber sends a great, incisive pass towards Sabia who crosses the ball to David, and the latter sends the ball to the bottom corner to score his second goal and the fourth of Maccabi. 0:4 for Maccabi
75’ Assist: Dia’a Sabia
77’ Substitution for Maccabi: Gadi Kinda in, Din David out.
78’ Nahuel passes the ball to Sabia who shakes off his defender, enters into the box, and shoots a flat ball that is cleared by Tzur for a corner kick.
80’ Double substitution for Kiryat Shmona: Ofir Benbenishti and Bilal Shaheen in, Dudu Twitto and Nadav Niddam out.
85’ Yellow Card: Shay Ben David (Kiryat Shmona)
90’+2’ Azoulay completes a brilliant double pass with Refaelov and shoots the ball, but the attempt is cleared for a corner kick.
90’+3’ Another double pass, this time between Refaelov and Sabia, ends with a shot from Sabia, but the ball goes only next to the post.
90’+4’ Final whistle. Maccabi defeated Kiryat Shmona 0:4.
