21st round of the 2019/20 “TA Stock Exchange” League: Maccabi Haifa hosted Hapoel Kfar Saba at Sammy. Maccabi arrived at the match after three consecutive league wins. Prior to the match Marco Balbul’s players were located in the second place of the league with 46 points. On the other hand, the visitors were located in the 12th place prior to the match with 17 points and arrived after a 2:1 loss at their last fixture against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Maccabi’s line-up: Cohen, Castellano, Habashi, Arad, Menachem, Lavi (c), Ashkenazi, Wildschut, Chery, Sallallich, Rukavytsya.
Kick off
14’ Lavi starts a counter attack and passes the ball to Chery who passes it to Wildschut on the left. The Dutch shoots with his right foot, but Israeli stops the ball.
25’ Arad advances with the ball and provides an incisive pass into the box to Sallallich, but his shot is deflected to a corner kick.
31’ Chery steals the ball on the right side, advances towards the box and passes the ball to Ashkenazi who shoots from 16 meters, the ball goes flying above the crossbar.
33’ A corner kick reaches Lillo who sends a deep pass to Arad. Ofri crosses it to the center with a single touch and Chery goes for a bicycle kick, the ball goes high.
39’ Menachem gets the ball on the left side, passes by his defender and shoots, but Israeli stops the shot.
42’ Lillo Castellano crosses a great ball from the right flank into the box, Chery jumps high and heads the ball, but the keeper collects it.
45’+2’ End of the first half. It’s 0:0 between Maccabi and Kfar Saba.
Second half
47’ Chery receives the ball on the left side, cuts to the middle and shoots from 25 meters. The ball goes out of play.
54’ Sun Menachem gets control on a rebound and shoots strongly, Israeli collects.
57’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Muhammad Awad and Ernest Mabouka in, Lillo Castellano and Yanic Wildschut out.
62’ Mabouka steals the ball on the right flank and passes it to Chery who provides a pass to Rukavytsya. Nikita shoots the ball outside.
67’ Chery gets the ball from Ashkenazi and shoots powerfully with his left foot from 25 meters, Israeli collects again.
72’ Awad controls the ball outside the box and shoots from the air, the goal goes above the crossbar.
76’ Substitution for Maccabi: Maxim Plakuschenko in, Yuval Ashkenazi out.
82’ Chery crosses the ball from the right wing, and it reaches Ofri Arad who heads the ball wide.
90’+1’ Chery delivers a great cross from the right flank, the ball reaches Sallallich who heads the ball above the target.
90’+4’ Awad gets the ball on the right side, cuts to the middle and shoots strongly with his left foot, somehow Israeli denies it.
90’+6’ A counter attack by Kfar Saba ends with a goal by Fadida. 0:1 for Kfar Saba.
90’+6’ Final whistle. Maccabi lost 0:1 to Kfar Saba
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