Maccabi secured a dramatic victory over Hapoel Petah Tikva with a last-gasp penalty from Haziza in the 96th minute. Earlier, Saief had equalized in the 64th minute.
Israeli Premier League - 30th fixture | Hapoel Petah Tikva vs Maccabi Haifa | HaMoshava Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Zohar Zasano, Elad Amir, Lisav Eissat, Yinon Fainegezicht, Peter Agba, Ethan Azoulay, Kenny Saief (C), Cedric Don, Manuel Benson, Adam Grimberg.
Kick Off
2’ Agba tries his luck from about 20 meters out, but Katz, Petah Tikva’s goalkeeper, parries it straight to Azoulay, who delivers a great cross to Grimberg, but the latter’s shot goes over the crossbar.
17’ Saief crosses a sharp ball into the box, headed on by Azoulay to Benson, who shoots with a single touch, but his effort finds only the side netting.
28’ Benson receives the ball on the wing, cuts inside, and fires a sharp shot that Katz deflects out for a corner.
31’ GOAL! A sharp long-range shot slips through Keouf’s grasp, and Roee David follows up to fire in the rebound. 1:0 for Petah Tikva
44’ Yellow Card: Noam Cohen (Petah Tikva)
45’ Zasano crosses the ball into the box, Saief shoots it, but the keeper blocks the attempt.
45’+1’ Grimberg receives the ball in the air inside the box and shoots, but Katz is well positioned to gather it.
45’+2’ Benson crosses a sharp ball into the box and finds Grimberg who heads it, but the ball misses the frame.
Second Half
50’ Azoulay tries his luck from 25 meters, but the ball goes wide.
54’ Don makes a great run down the flank and plays it to Azoulay, who fires a sharp shot, but it takes a deflection off a Petah Tikva player and hits the crossbar.
56’ Substitution for Petah Tikva: Tomer Altman in, Boni Amian out.
57’ Yellow Card: Zohar Zasano (Maccabi)
60’ Azoulay plays a short corner to Benson, whose shot whistles just past the post.
62’ Agba shoots from about 20 meters, but the ball goes wide.
64’ GOAL! Fainegezicht crosses a sharp ball into the box and finds Grimberg, who heads it toward Saief arriving from the second line, and he directs his header past Katz into the net. 1:1 at HaMoshava
64’ Assist: Adam Grimberg
67’ Double substitution for Petah Tikva: Shavit Mazal and Yonatan Cohen in, Roee David and Mamady Diarra out.
68’ Yellow Card: Tomer Altman (Petah Tikva)
69’ Substitution for Maccabi: Guy Melamed in, Adam Grimberg out.
73’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Navot Ratner and Silva Kani in, Peter Agba and Manuel Benson out.
74’ Yellow Card: Lisav Eissat (Maccabi)
80’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Dolev Haziza and Noam Sztejfman in, Ethan Azoulay and Zohar Zasano out.
81’ Yellow Card: Noam Cohen (Petah Tikva)
83’ Double substitution for Petah Tikva: Alex Moussounda and Idan Cohen in, Orel Dgani and Mark Koszta out.
87’ Haziza receives the ball inside the box and shoots, but the keeper blocks the attempt.
88’ Saief crosses an accurate ball towards the other side of the box and finds Haziza, who shoots it, but the goalkeeper collects it.
89’ Don shakes off his defenders inside the box and shoots a flat ball that whistles past the post.
90’+3’ Ratner crosses an accurate corner kick towards Fainegezicht, who heads the ball, but he finds the wrong side of the net.
90’+6’ GOAL! Haziza fires a low shot from the penalty spot, Katz gets a touch to push it onto the post, but the ball rebounds to Dolev, who scores on the rebound. 1:2 for Maccabi
90’+8’ Final whistle. Maccabi won 1:2 at HaMoshava
