8th round of the 2019/20 “TA Stock Exchange” League: Hapoel Kfar Saba hosted Maccabi Haifa at the Moshava Stadium. The newcomers from the Sharon district arrived at this match from the 8th place in the league with 8 points and after losing 2:1 to Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last fixture. Maccabi arrived at this match after a draw against Bnei Yehuda. Prior to the match the team was in the 3rd place in the league table with 14 points.
Rami Gershon and Sintayehu Sallallich are already training with the rest of the team but were missing from today’s squad, since they aren’t fit enough to play.
Maccabi’s line-up: Cohen, Mabouka,
Sainsbury, Habashi, Menachem, Lavi (c), Ashkenazi, Haziza, Chery, Wildschut, Rukavytsya.
Kick off
8’ Haziza delivers a sharp cross that finds Wildschut, but the local defense manages to clear the ball.
14’ Haziza is fouled 22 meters from goal. Chery shoots the free kick but misses the target.
19’ An amazing double pass between Chery and Ashkenazi leaves the Dutch in a one-on-one in front of Itamar Israeli, but Kfar Saba’s goalkeeper bollocks the attempt.
20’ Yanic Wildschut shoots from 20 meters, the keeper collects it.
21’ A corner kick by Haziza finds Rukavytsya who leaves the ball to Menachem, but the ball is cleared by Kfar Saba.
27’ Haziza provides an incisive pass that surprises the defense and reaches Rukavytsya, but the striker's shot rolls next to the post and out of play.
30’ A great team play ends when Chery chips a genius ball above the goalkeepers and scores! 0:1 for Maccabi!
31’ Ashkenazi finds Rukavytsya with a long ball, but the striker fails to score.
45’+1’ End of the first half. Maccabi leads 0:1.
Second half
52’ Rukavytsya controls the ball outside the box and shoots, but the keeper collects it.
59’ Substitution for Maccabi: Raz Meir in, Yanic Wildschut out.
67’ Hapoel Kfar Saba is left with ten players on field. Gershon Koffie is sent off after an intervention of the VAR.
82’ Substitution for Maccabi: Muhammad Awad in, Nikita Rukavytsya out.
83’ Haziza storms down the right flank and shoots. The ball goes flying above the crossbar.
85’ A lovely counter attack by Maccabi ends with a cross from Meir towards Awad, but the latter only just misses the ball.
86’ Haziza crosses the ball, Meir gets to it and shoots strongly, but the ball is deflected by one of Kfar Saba's defenders to a corner kick.
87’ Lavi shoots from 20 meters with his left foot, Israeli collects it.
88’ Substitution for Maccabi: Maxim Plakuschenko in, Dolev Haziza out.
90’ Chery shoots with his left foot from outside the box, and the ball is in the net! 0:2 for Maccabi.
90’+3’ Awad receives the ball on the edge of the penalty area, he shoots a strong curve ball and scores! 0:3 for Maccabi.
90’+5’ Final whistle at the Moshava Stadium. Maccabi defeats Kfar Saba by three goals.
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