Maccabi’s State Cup journey came to an end after a 3:2 defeat to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the semifinal.
Israeli State Cup - semi finals | Maccabi Haifa vs M. Tel Aviv | Teddy Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Abdoulaye Seck (C), Lisav Eissat, Yinon Fainegezicht, Ali Mohamed, Ethan Azoulay, Cedric Don, Manuel Benson, Kenji Gorre, Guy Melamed.
Kick Off
9’ Benson receives the ball from a short corner, shakes off his defender and delivers a good cross from outside the box, but Mishpati pushes it out for another corner.
12’ Gorre plays a good pass to Azoulay, who shoots powerfully from outside the box but misses the target by a narrow margin.
14’ GOAL! Dor Peretz puts the Yellows in front. 0:1 for Tel Aviv
17’ GOAL! Azoulay gets controls on the ball brilliantly, cuts left past Heitor inside the box, and smashes it into the top corner. 1:1 at Teddy!
30’ Yellow Card: Itamar Noy (Tel Aviv)
33’ Azoulay leaves the ball to Benson who shoots it powerfully, but the ball misses the target.
36’ Yellow Card: Ido Shahar (Tel Aviv)
39’ A long throw-in from Fainegezicht reaches the box and finds Seck, who heads it well, but Mishpati pushes it out for a corner.
Second Half
56’ Triple substitution for Tel Aviv: Issouf Sissokho, Emir Sahiti and Raz Shlomo in, Osher Davida, Heitor, and Itamar Noy out.
58’ GOAL! Tyrese Asante heads the ball into the net after a corner kick. 1:2 for Tel Aviv
67’ Ido Shahar misses a penalty kick.
67’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Dolev Haziza and Silva Kani in, Cedric Don and Guy Melamed out.
68’ Gorre storms down the flank, cuts inside, and fires a good shot that is deflected out for a corner.
74’ Substitution for Maccabi: Sean Goldberg in, Lisav Eissat out.
76’ GOAL! Roy Revivo scores. 1:3 for Tel Aviv
79’ Substitution for Tel Aviv: Ben Lederman in, Ido Shahar out.
80’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Navot Ratner and Kenny Saief in, Manuel Benson and Ali Mohamed out.
85’ Substitution for Tel Aviv: Noam Ben Harush in, Helio Varela out.
90’+6’ GOAL! Silva Kani shoves it in from close range and narrows the score. 2:3 for Tel Aviv
90’+6’ Yellow Card: Abdoulaye Seck (Maccabi)
90’+9’ Final whistle.
