Maccabi lost to Beitar Jerusalem 1:3. The goal for the Greens was scored by Kenny Saief (67’)
Israeli Premier League - 17th fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs Beitar Jerusalem | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Ilay Feingold, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Kenny Saief, Ali Mohamed, Mahmoud Jaber, Lior Refaelov (C), Dolev Haziza, Dia’a Sabia, Omer Dahan.
Kick Off
15’ Haziza tries his luck from 18 meters, but Miguel Silva, Beitar’s goalkeeper, collects the ball.
29’ Refaelov enters into the box and passes the ball to Jaber who shoots it with a single touch, but the ball goes just narrowly wide.
36’ Saief shakes off his defender on the left flank and crosses the ball into the box, Dahan heads it, but the ball goes above the frame.
37’ Saief receives the ball at the edge of the box and shoots powerfully, but the ball goes high over the target.
40’ A great heel pass from Sabia on the edge of the box to Dahan, who shoots a curved ball, but his shot hits Silva’s crossbar.
45’ Yellow Card: Dolev Haziza (Maccabi)
45’+2’ GOAL! Shua takes a penalty kick; Keouf manages to save the ball, which is deflected back to Shua, who scores from the rebound. 0:1 for Beitar
45’+9’ Yellow Card: Ali Mohamed (Maccabi)
45’+9’ Red Card: Ali Mohamed (Maccabi). After protesting against the first yellow card he is shown a second yellow card and is sent off
45’+11’ Yellow Card: Ilay Feingold (Maccabi)
Second Half
46’ Substitution for Maccabi: Gadi Kinda in, Omer Dahan out.
49’ Refaelov delivers a brilliant ball to Saief with his back heel, who then provides a great cross towards Kinda, but the latter’s header goes wide.
55’ A great double pass between Refaelov and Goldberg ended with a wonderful chip into the box from the latter back to Refaelov, who shoots it with a single touch, but Silva collects the ball.
58’ Yellow Card: Ismaila Soro (Beitar)
60’ Red Card: Miguel Silva (Beitar)
62’ Substitution for Beitar: Raz Karmi in, Mayron George out.
66’ Saief crosses a great ball into the box, Haziza heads it, but it goes only a few inches away.
67’ GOAL! Refaelov receives the ball on the edge of the box and from there delivers a brilliant through ball to Kenny Saief, who strikes a low shot directly into Karmi’s net, leveling the score. 1:1 at Sammy Ofer
67’ Assist: Lior Refaelov
68’ Substitution for Beitar: Silva Kani in, Dor Micha out.
70’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ilay Hagag in, Dolev Haziza out.
72’ Yellow Card: Zohar Zasano (Beitar)
75’ Yellow Card: Dia’a Sabia (Maccabi)
82’ GOAL! The ball arrives to Kani, who is left in front of an open goal, and scores. 1:2 for Beitar
84’ Double substitution for Beitar: Li On Mizrahi and Patrick Twumasi in, Zohar Zasano and Timothy Muzie out.
85’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Xander Severina and Ethan Azoulay in, Kenny Saief and Mahmoud Jaber out.
88’ GOAL! Twumasi is sent through with a long ball for a one-on-one against Keouf, and scores. 1:3 for Beitar
90’+6’ Final whistle. Maccabi lost 1:3 to Beitar Jerusalem at Sammy Ofer
