Maccabi fell 3:0 to Ironi Kiryat Shmona tonight in the second fixture of the Toto Cup.
Toto Cup - Group Stage - 2nd fixture | Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs Maccabi Haifa | | Miriyam Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Omri Glazer, Itay Ehud, Nigel Lonwijk, Noam Sztejfman, Wenderson Tsunami, Ali Mohamed, Navot Ratner, Bruninho, Kenji Gorre (C), Iyad Khalaili, Adam Grimberg.
Kick Off
7’ GOAL! Gabay receives the ball on the wing, makes a brilliant run into the box, and fires a low shot into Glazer’s net. 1:0 for Kiryat Shmona.
18’ Grimberg receives the ball after a double pass, drives into the box, and sees his shot blocked by the defense.
21’ Grimberg lays the ball off brilliantly to Bruninho inside the box, but Tenenbaum makes the save.
23’ GOAL! Amadou Sagna is played through with a through ball, shrugs off his marker, and rolls the ball into the empty net. 2:0 for Kiryat Shmona.
28’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Omri Glazer and Wenderson Tsunami were both injured and replaced by Glenn Alvin and Sean Goldberg.
30’ Yellow Card: Alex Sola (Kiryat Shmona)
32’ Yellow Card: Ovadia Darwish (Kiryat Shmona)
33’ GOAL! Ariel Sheratzky shoots a powerful strike from around 20 meters out, sending the ball into Alvin’s net. 3:0 for Kiryat Shmona
38’ Yellow Card: Itay Ehud (Maccabi)
Second Half
46’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ethan Azoulay in, Ali Mohamed out.
54’ Azoulay takes a corner kick and crosses the ball sharply into the box. Sztejfman heads it, but the goalkeeper collects the ball.
55’ Substitution for Kiryat Shmona: Jwan Halabi in, Niv Gabay out.
56’ Gorre receives the ball inside the box, shakes off his defender, and fires a powerful shot from a tight angle, but Tenenbaum pushes it out for a corner.
64’ Yellow Card: Bruninho (Maccabi)
68’ Substitution for Maccabi: Jelle Bataille in, Nigel Lonwijk out.
70’ Double substitution for Kiryat Shmona: Awajo Asefa and Shon Edri in, Ariel Sheratzky and Shay Ben David out.
74’ Yellow Card: Rüfat Abdullazada (Kiryat Shmona)
77’ Azoulay crosses a free-kick into the box, the ball is cleared to Bruninho, who shoots from a tight angle, only for his effort to be deflected out for another corner.
79’ Yellow Card: Nemanja Ljubisavljevic (Kiryat Shmona)
79’ Double substitution for Kiryat Shmona: Itzik Sholmyster and Yoav Karadi in, Amadou Sagna and Shay Sabah out.
79’ Substitution for Maccabi: Guy Melamed in, Adam Grimberg out.
82’ Gorre sends a superb through ball to Khalaili, but the goalkeeper saves the latter’s shot.
85’ Melamed receives the ball inside the box and fires a powerful shot that hits the post.
90’ Final whistle. Maccabi lost 3:0 to Kiryat Shmona.
