Maccabi defeated Ironi Tiberias 4:2 in the Toto Cup.
Toto Cup - Group Stage - 3rd fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs Ironi Tiberias | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Glenn Alvin, Jelle Bataille, Nigel Lonwijk, Noam Sztejfman, Sean Goldberg, Yarin Levi, Ethan Azoulay, Bruninho, Cedric Don, Kenji Gorre (C), Guy Melamed.
Kick Off
5’ Lonwijk receives the ball inside the box, but his shot is saved by Tiberias’s goalkeeper, Gad Amos.
10’ Gorre passes it to Bruninho on the edge of the box. Bruninho shakes off his marker and fires a powerful shot that is pushed out for a corner.
15’ Gorre receives the ball inside the box and, from a tight angle, fires a low shot toward the far corner, but it whistles just wide of the post.
18’ GOAL! Bruninho receives the ball around 20 meters from goal and shoots a powerful, sharp shot that crashes in off the crossbar and into Amos’s net. 1:0 for Maccabi
24’ Azoulay stills the ball brilliantly about 18 meters from goal, drives into the box, and crosses it to Gorre, but his effort goes over the bar.
26’ Yellow Card: Roy Shahar (Tiberias)
28’ Azoulay tries his luck from outside the box, but his shot whistles just past Amos’s post.
34’ GOAL! Azoulay wins the ball back, drives into the box, and passes it to Yarin Levi, who arrives from the second line. Levi’s shot is deflected off a Tiberias defender over Amos and into the net. 2:0 for Maccabi
34’ Assist: Ethan Azoulay
36’ Yellow Card: Nigel Lonwijk (Maccabi)
39’ Yellow Card: Yarin Levi (Maccabi)
44’ GOAL! Bruninho delivers a dangerous free kick to the far side of the box, where Azoulay sneaks from behind and volleys it into Amos’s net. 3:0 for Maccabi
44’ Assist: Bruno “Bruninho” Roberto Pereira da Silva
45’ GOAL! Tiberias defense sends a long ball forward to Qays Ghanem, who fires it sharply into Alvin’s net to pull one back. 3:1 for Maccabi
45’+2’ A neat double pass between Azoulay and Bataille ends with Azoulay firing the ball over the bar.
Second Half
46’ Double substitution for Tiberias: Yarin Swisa and Ran Haliva in, Bar Cohen and Ron Unger out.
48’ Azoulay delivers a superb cross to Don inside the box. Don controls it and goes for a bicycle kick, but his effort goes over the crossbar.
51’ Don receives the ball on the wing, drives forward, and shoots the ball powerfully, but it hits the post and goes out.
56’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Iyad Khalaili and Pedro Oliveira in, Kenji Gorre and Noam Sztejfman out.
58’ GOAL! The ball drops to Ghanem inside the box, and he fires a powerful shot into Alvin’s net to narrow the score. 3:2 for Maccabi
65’ Khalaili delivers a through ball to Bataille, but from a tight angle, his shot finds only the wrong side of the net.
66’ Substitution for Tiberias: Guy Sanker in, Nene Gbamble out.
68’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Yair Mordechai and Silva Kani in, Guy Melamed and Yarin Levi out.
78’ Substitution for Maccabi: Kenny Saief in, Jelle Bataille out.
80’ Substitution for Tiberias: Chriso in, Ariel Cohen out.
85’ Khalaili shakes off his defender, storms into the box, and delivers a great cross to Kani, but the latter’s header goes wide.
86’ Khalaili receives the ball on the wing, leaves behind his marker, and sends a brilliant cross into the box, where Silva Kani heads it in. 4:2 for Maccabi
86’ Assist: Iyad Khalaili
87’ Substitution for Tiberias: Agam Yehuda in, Mansour Badjie out.
90’+3’ Final whistle.
