Maccabi finishes the season with a win over Maccabi Netanya. Severina (2’), Amir (60’), and Melamed (65’) scored for the Greens.
Israeli Premier League - 36th fixture | Maccabi Netanya vs Maccabi Haifa | Miriam Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Tomás Sultani, Vital Nsimba, Elad Amir, Adir Waheb, Oleksandr Syrota, Ethan Azoulay, Mahmoud Jaber, Ali Mohamed (C), Dia’a Sabia, Xander Severina, Erik Shuranov.
Kick Off
2’ GOAL! Severina receives the ball on the wing, cuts into the box, and fires a sharp shot from the edge of the box that finds Tzarfati off guard and finds the back of the net. 0:1 for Maccabi
6’ The match is paused for a minute of applause by both teams in memory of Gadi Kinda.
8’ GOAL! Bilu passes the ball to Vargas, who leaves Syrota behind and shoots a sharp ball into the net to level the score. 1:1 at Netanya
23’ Severina breaks away on a counterattack and goes one-on-one with Tzarfati, but the keeper manages to stop him.
25’ GOAL! Bilu passes an incisive pass towards Amit Cohen that from a diagonal angle strikes the ball into the far corner. 2:1 for Netanya
29’ Mohamed chips a great ball into the box towards Sabia, but the latter’s shot is blocked by the goalkeeper.
31’ Sabia shoots a curved ball from 18 meters, but the ball only hits the post.
43’ Yellow Card: Ethan Azoulay (Maccabi)
Second Half
46’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Guy Melamed and Iyad Khalaili in, Erik Shuranov and Vital Nsimba out
49’ Yellow Card: Oleksandr Syrota (Maccabi)
57’ Jaber tries his luck with a shot from 25 meters, but the goalkeeper parries it away
60’ GOAL! A corner kick is crossed towards Sabia who shoots it from the air, the ball hits the youngster Elad Amir, and is deflected into the net, 2:2 at Netanya
60’ Assist: Dia’a Sabia
64’ Double substitution for Netanya: Heri Tavares and Rotem Keller in, Oz Bilu and Harel Shalm out.
65’ GOAL! Melamed plays a brilliant through ball to Khalaili, who fires a flat shot that Tzarfati manages to block. Melamed is first to the rebound and scores Maccabi’s third to complete the comeback. 2:3 for Maccabi.
74’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Itay Ehud-Zaira and Getachew Yabelo in, Mahmoud Jaber and Xander Severina out.
77’ Khalaili makes a great run down the wing and crosses the ball to Sabia, who shoots a powerful shot with a single touch, but Tzarfati denies the attempt.
81’ Triple substitution for Netanya: Saher Taji, Israel Fahima and Liam Cohen in, Lee-Yam Dan, Itay Ben Shabat and Amit Cohen out.
82’ Substitution for Maccabi: Amit Arazi in, Ethan Azoulay out.
90’+5’ Final whistle.
