Maccabi hosted Ironi Ashkelon from the fifth division at Sammy Ofer for the 8th round of the Israeli Cup. The Greens qualified to the last 16 after a 6:0 win from goals by Nahuel (15’), Azulay (23’), Kinda (42’), Dahan (48’, 76’), and Khalaili (52’).
Israeli State Cup - 8th round | Maccabi Haifa vs Ironi Ashkelon | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Tomás Sultani, Roey Elimelech, Ilay Feingold (C), Oleksandr Syrota, Liam Hermesh, Xander Severina, Gadi Kinda, Ethan Azoulay, Ilay Hagag, Matías Nahuel, Omer Dahan.
Kick Off
7’ Severina breaks forward brilliantly and crosses a great ball into the box, but Dahan’s header goes over the crossbar.
9’ Nahuel crosses a free kick towards the edge of the box, Azoulay joins from behind and shoots with his left foot, but Yair Hadar, Ashkelon’s goalkeeper, collects the ball.
15’ GOAL! Severina completes a great double pass with Azoulay and delivers a through ball to Kinda, who shakes off his defender and passes to Nahuel, who calmly rolls the ball into the net, scoring his debut goal in the green shirt and putting Maccabi in the lead. 1:0 for Maccabi
15’ Assist: Gadi Kinda
23’ GOAL! Elimelech receives a great ball on the wing from Severina and delivers a great cross to Azoulay, who strikes it low on the first touch, and he also scores his debut goal in the green shirt. 2:0 for Maccabi
23’ Assist: Roey Elimelech
31’ Kinda passes the ball to Dahan, who shoots from inside the box, but the ball hits the post.
34’ Hermesh steals the ball at the center of the pitch, advances forward, completes a double pass with Nahuel and shoots, but the ball goes wide.
37’ Azoulay tries his luck with a shot from outside the box, but the ball misses the frame.
42’ GOAL! Severina storms forward on the right wing, and crosses a magnificent sharp ball towards Kinda who heads it into the net. 3:0 for Maccabi
42’ Assist: Xander Severina
Second Half
46’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Iyad Khalaili and Rami Gershon in, Xander Severina and Matías Nahuel out.
48’ GOAL! Kinda sends Dahan with an incisive pass for a one-on-one against Hadar, and without hesitation, he scores. 4:0 for Maccabi
48’ Assist: Gadi Kinda
52’ GOAL! Azoulay shoots a sharp shot that is parried by Hadar straight to Kinda, who passes it to Khalaili, and the latter rolls the fifth into Ashkelon’s net. 5:0 for Maccabi
52’ Assist: Gadi Kinda
56’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ali Mohamed in, Gadi Kinda out.
59’ Double substitution for Ashkelon: Noam Mazal and Lishay Biton in, Dolev Abargil and Shalev Iluz out.
64’ Dahan finds himself once again in a one-on-one against Hadar, but this time the goalkeeper blocks the attempt for a corner kick.
65’ Substitution for Maccabi: Dolev Haziza in, Ethan Azoulay out.
73’ Substitution for Ashkelon: Idan Shriki in, Elinor Aliyev out.
74’ Substitution for Maccabi: Sean Goldberg in, Oleksandr Syrota out.
76’ GOAL! Khalaili breaks down the right flank, penetrates into the box, and crosses it to Dahan who shoves it in. 6:0 for Maccabi
76’ Assist: Iyad Khalaili
79’ Substitution for Ashkelon: Yosef Amira in, Liel Tshuva out.
82’ Ashkelon’s defense poorly clears the ball, which reaches Khalaili inside the box. He shoots low, but Hadar manages to save it.
83’ Khalaili enters the box and, from a difficult angle, shoots a low ball that whistles just past Hadar’s post.
90’ Final whistle. Maccabi defeats Ashkelon 6:0 and qualifies to the last 16 round of the Israeli State Cup
