Maccabi beat FC Ashdod 5:1 at Sammy Ofer. Scorers for the Greens: Stewart (8’), Nahuel (39’, p.), Haziza (53’, p.), Seck (85’), and Jovanovic sealed it in stoppage time (90+1’, p.).
Israeli Premier League - 3rd fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs FC Ashdod | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Pierre Cornud, Ali Mohamed, Ethan Azoulay, Matías Nahuel, Suf Podgoreanu, Dolev Haziza (C), Trivante Stewart.
Kick Off
4’ A double pass between Bataille and Podgoreanu ends with the latter crossing the ball towards Stewart who heads it, the ball is blocked and bounces back to Stewart, but his second header goes wide.
7’ Cornud crosses a sharp ball in the box and finds Azoulay who heads it straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.
8’ GOAL! Azoulay swings in a corner straight to the head of Stewart, who heads it into net to put Maccabi in front. 1:0 for Maccabi.
8’ Assist: Ethan Azoulay (Maccabi)
10’ Nahuel sends Stewart forward with a brilliant through ball, but the striker’s shot is denied.
18’ Stewart receives the ball at the edge of the box and tries his luck with a curved shot, but it goes wide.
23’ Yellow Card: Ilay Tamam (Ashdod)
25’ Azoulay tries his luck from about 18 meters, but the goalkeeper collects the attempt.
31’ GOAL! Ansah enters into the box and passes the ball to Tamam, who rolls it into the net. 1:1 at Sammy Ofer
31’ Assist: Eugene Ansah
39’ GOAL! Nahuel converts a penalty successfully. 2:1 for Maccabi
45’+1’ Nahuel receives the ball on the edge of the box and fires a sharp shot that the goalkeeper tips away for a corner.
Second Half
46’ Substitution for Ashdod: Elia Gethon in, Adir Levi out.
46’ Stewart steals the ball inside the box, passes by the keeper, and shoots, but the ball hits the outside of the net.
47’ Yellow Card: Adir Levi (Ashdod)
49’ Azoulay crosses a free kick into the box, Podgoreanu shoots it with a single touch, but he misses the target.
53’ GOAL! Haziza scores from the penalty spot. 3:1 for Maccabi
56’ Yellow Card: Eugene Ansah (Ashdod)
58’ Cornud sends Stewart forward with a clever ball, the striker shakes off three defenders, and shoots, but the ball is cleared from the goal line.
60’ Triple substitution for Maccabi: Shalev Harush, Nir Bitton and Roei Gordana in, Ilay Tamam, Israel Coll, and Lenny Nangis out.
61’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Djordje Jovanovic and Kenji Gorre in, Trivante Stewart and Suf Podgoreanu out.
63’ Azoulay tries his luck again from outside the box, but the ball goes just narrowly wide.
70’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Goni Naor and Silva Kani in, Ali Mohamed and Dolev Haziza out.
74’ Yellow Card: Noam Mucha (Ashdod)
77’ Yellow Card: Matías Nahuel (Maccabi)
78’ Substitution for Maccabi: Kenny Saief in, Matías Nahuel out.
79’ Substitution for Ashdod: Ben Hadadi in, Noam Mucha out.
85’ GOAL! Azoulay crosses another dangerous ball into the box, this time it is Seck who heads it in. 4:1 for Maccabi
85’ Assist: Ethan Azoulay (Maccabi)
88’ Another corner kick, another accurate cross from Azoulay, but Naor’s header goes inches wide.
90’ Yellow Card: Timothy Awany (Ashdod)
90’+1’ GOAL! Jovanovic converts successfully a penalty kick. 5:1 for Maccabi
90’+5’ Final whistle. Maccabi defeats Ashdod 5:1
