A wild night at Sammy Ofer! Maccabi defeated M.Tel Aviv 4:1 thanks to goals from Ohana (45’+6’), Melamed (79’), Gorre (81’), and debutant Niv Gabay, who sealed the victory in the 89th minute.
Israeli Premier League - 19th fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs M. Tel Aviv | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Elad Amir, Lisav Eissat, Pierre Cornud (C), Peter Agba, Navot Ratner, Michael Ohana, Kenny Saief, Kenji Gorre, Guy Melamed.
Kick Off
8’ Bataille crosses a sharp ball, Ohana shoots it with a single touch, but he misses the target.
15’ Bataille makes a great run down the flank and plays it to Gorre, who lets the ball run to Melamed. The latter drives into the box and fires a low shot, but it whistles just past the post.
18’ A double pass between Gorre and Ohana ends with a shot by the latter, but the ball hits the post.
19’ Substitution for Tel Aviv: Tyrese Asante was injured and replaced by Raz Shlomo.
20’ Gorre passes the ball backwards to Agba who shoots from the edge of the box, but he misses the target.
25’ Yellow Card: Issouf Sissokho (Tel Aviv)
26’ Gorre receives the ball on the wing, cuts inside, but his shot goes wide off the target.
29’ Yellow Card: Kenny Saief (Maccabi)
30’ Substitution for Tel Aviv: Osher Davida was injured and replaced by Sagiv Jehezkel.
30’ Gorre storms down the line and passes it across to Ratner who shoots from 16 meters, but the goalkeeper collects it.
32’ Yellow Card: Kervin Andrade (Tel Aviv)
34’ Gorre passes the ball to Melamed who shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball goes straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.
41’ Substitution for Maccabi: Elad Amir was injured and replaced by Sean Goldberg.
42’ Ohana bursts through the middle and lays it off to Gorre on the flank, where he shakes off his defender, but his shot whistles past the post.
45’+6’ A poor clearance by Tel Aviv’s defense falls straight to Ratner, who heads it toward Ohana. Ohana shakes off his marker inside the box and scores Maccabi’s opener of the night. 1:0 for Maccabi
45’+6’ Assist: Navot Ratner
45’+8’ GOAL! Ratner crosses a sharp ball into the box and finds Saief, whose initial header is parried back to him. Saief goes for a second header, but the ball whistles just over the crossbar.
Second Half
46’ Substitution for Tel Aviv: Heitor in, Mohamed Ali Camara out.
52’ GOAL! Yermakov’s save falls to Andrade, who manages to slip past his marker and lay it off to Jehezkel, who scores the equalizer. 1:1 at Sammy Ofer
56’ Yellow Card: Helio Varela (Tel Aviv)
57’ Ohana passes the ball to Saief, who shoots a curved ball from outside the box, but the ball misses the target.
58’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Trivante Stewart and Silva Kani in, Michael Ohana and Kenny Saief out.
68’ Double substitution for Tel Aviv: Sayed Abu Farkhi and Dor Peretz in, Elad Madmon and Kervin Andrade out.
79’ GOAL! Cornud delivers a brilliant cross into the box, where Melamed volleys the ball straight into the net. 2:1 for Maccabi
79’ Assist: Pierre Cornud
81’ GOAL! Gorre receives the ball on the wing, storms forward, and cuts inside into the box, where he unleashes a curved shot into the net. 3:1 for Maccabi
84’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Niv Gabay and Kenji Gorre in, Guy Melamed and Yinon Fainegezicht out.
89’ GOAL! Eissat breaks forward with the ball to the center of the pitch and then provides a superb through ball to Gabay, who passes by the goalkeeper and buries the fourth. 4:1 for Maccabi
89’ Assist: Lisav Eissat
90’+4’ Final whistle. Maccabi beats Tel Aviv 4:1 at Sammy Ofer
