11th round of the 2019/20 “TA Stock Exchange” League. The first match, after the international break, encountered between Hapoel Hadera and Maccabi Haifa at Netanya Stadium.
Maccabi arrived at the match from the second place at the league with 23 points and after three consecutive wins. On the other hand, Hadera was located in the 6th place with 15 points. Hadera’s last match ended in a 0: 0 draw against Hapoel Kfar Saba.
Maccabi’s line-up: Cohen, Mabouka, Sainsbury, Arad, Menachem, Lavi (c), Ashkenazi, Haziza, Chery, Wildschut, Rukavytsya
Kick off
3’ Chery sends a long ball to Wildschut who shoots the ball with his left foot, but the ball is wide.
5’ Menachem crosses a sharp ball from the left flank into the box, Rukavytsya almost gets to it but Ejide collects it.
13’ Chery gets the ball 30 meters from the target, he advances few meters and shoots a powerful ball that goes flying into the net! 0:1 Maccabi
18’ Lavi delivers an incisive pass towards Rukavytsya who shoots with one touch, somehow Ejide manages to deflect the ball into a corner kick.
27’ Maccabi receives a free kick just outside the penalty area. Rukavytsya takes the shot, the ball hits one of Hadera’s defenders, changes his course straight into the goal, 0:2 for Maccabi!
32’ Rukavytsya chases the ball down the right flank, passes his defender and sends the ball to Wildschut but the ball is cleared in the last moment.
39’ A clinical counter attack by Maccabi ends with a shot on goal from Chery, but the ball was blocked.
41’ Wildschut passes the ball to Rukavytsya who shoots from inside the box, but the attempt is cleared.
45’ Haziza storms down the right wing and crosses the ball that goes above Rukavytsya and directly into the keeper's hands.
45’+2’ End of the first half. Maccabi leads 0:2.
Second half
46’ Ashkenazi sends Ofri Arad into the box, the latter shoots strongly, but the ball hits a local defender and is converted into a corner kick.
51’ A corner kick by Haziza finds Sainsbury, but his header goes wide.
56’ Wildschut breaks nicely down the left flank, delivers a great pass to Chery, but Ejide stops the ball.
58’ Menachem provides a lovely ball to Ashkenazi who shoots well, once again Ejide sends the ball behind the line for another corner.
65’ A brilliant counter attack by Maccabi. Mabouka sends the ball to Haziza who storms down the right wing and crosses the ball, Hadera’s defense clears it to corner.
66’ Rukavytsya gets the ball inside the box and passes his defender, he shoots a sharp ball from the left side of the box, Ejide barely denies it.
68’ Substitution for Maccabi: Maxim Plakuschenko in, Yanic Wildschut out.
71’ Haziza sends a long ball above the defense to Mabouka, he passes by his defender and crosses it into the box, Ejide collects it.
72’ Substitution for Maccabi: Yarden Shua in, Nikita Rukavytsya out.
73’ Chery gets the ball from Ashkenazi on the left side of the attack and shoots with his right foot, but the ball goes on the wrong side of the post.
75’ Haziza delivers a clever ball from a corner kick, Plakuschenko tries a volley but the ball goes high above the crossbar.
78’ Substitution for Maccabi: Raz Meir in, Dolev Haziza out.
82’ Plakuschenko crosses a ball from the left wing, the ball reaches Meir on the right edge of the penalty box, he shoots but the goalkeeper stops the shot.
87’ Shua passes a lovely ball to Ashkenazi who passes it back to complete a double pass, Shua shoots in one touch and scores! A massive 0:3 lead!
90’ Final whistle. Maccabi defeats Hapoel Hadera 0:3!
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