Maccabi defeated Ironi Tiberias 3:2 with goals from Melamed (24’), Saief (35’), and Gorre (82’).
Israeli Premier League - 21st fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs Ironi Tiberias | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Abdoulaye Seck (C), Sean Goldberg, Yinon Fainegezicht, Peter Agba, Cedric Don, Michael Ohana, Kenny Saief, Kenji Gorre, Guy Melamed.
Kick Off
5’ GOAL! Corner kick for Tiberias is crossed into the box, Waheb Habiballah heads it in. 0:1 for Tiberias
13’ Gorre crosses a great ball into the box, Melamed heads it, but the ball goes straight into the goalkeeper’s hands.
21’ Don receives the ball at the edge of the box, and shoots, but the ball goes above the target.
23’ GOAL! A double pass between Gorre and Ohana ends with a cross from the latter into the box, Tiberias’s defense clears the ball poorly, the ball falls straight to Melamed, who shoves it in to score the equalizer. 1:1 at Sammy Ofer
33’ Yellow Card: Sambinha (Tiberias)
35’ GOAL! Saief sends a through ball to Bataille, who crosses it, the ball is cleared straight to Saief, who drives a low shot into Sharon’s far corner to complete the comeback. 2:1 for Maccabi
43’ Yellow Card: Fares Abu Akel (Tiberias)
Second Half
50’ Saief receives the ball on the edge of the box and fires a sharp shot that deflects off Melamed and falls to Saief for a second attempt, which is parried out for a corner.
51’ A great cross from the corner kick reaches straight to Fainegezicht who heads the ball, but it goes wide.
62’ Substitution for Maccabi: Navot Ratner in, Michael Ohana out.
64’ GOAL! Daniel Joulani scores from close range. 2:2 at Sammy Ofer
67’ Gorre crosses a great ball to Don who leaves it to Saief, and the latter’s shot is blocked for a corner kick.
68’ Saief crosses a sharp corner kick into the box and finds Seck who heads the ball, but it hits the post.
69’ Yellow Card: Kenji Gorre (Maccabi)
73’ Double substitution for Tiberias: Itamar Shviro and Mohammed Usman in, Waheb Habiballah and Daniel Joulani out.
76’ Gorre delivers a superb cross to the far post, where he finds Saief, who heads it down to Melamed, but the latter’s shot in front of an open goal sails over the bar.
82’ GOAL! Bataille plays a brilliant cross that reaches Gorre on the edge of the box, and he fires a low shot straight into the net. 3:2 for Maccabi
82’ Assist: Jelle Bataille
86’ Triple substitution for Tiberias: Yonatan Teper, Idan Baranes and Peter Michael in, Fares Abu Akel, Stanislav Bilenkyi, and Ron Unger out.
88’ Triple substitution for Maccabi: Silva Kani, Noam Sztejfman and Niv Gabay in, Kenny Saief, Kenji Gorre, and Guy Melamed out.
89’ Red Card: Yonatan Teper (Tiberias)
90’+4’ Kani receives the ball on the edge of the box, cuts to the center and shoots, but he misses the target.
90’+5’ Gabay receives the ball on the left flank, cuts to the center of the pitch and shoots a sharp ball, but the ball goes over the crossbar.
90’+6’ Final whistle. Maccabi defeated Tiberias 3:2
