13th round of the 2019/20 “TA Stock Exchange” League: Turner Stadium hosted the encounter between two top of the table teams, Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Maccabi Haifa.
Maccabi wanted to finish the first round-robin of the season with a sweet victory. Marco Balbul’s side arrived at the match from the second place at the league with 27 points and after a 3:3 draw against Ashdod. On the other hand, the locals were located in the 3rd place with 23 points and after a 1:0 win against Hapoel Kfar Saba.
Maccabi’s line-up: Cohen, Mabouka, Sainsbury, Arad, Menachem, Lavi (c), Ashkenazi, Haziza, Chery, Wildschut, Rukavytsya.
Kick off
2’ Menachem crosses the ball towards Ashkenazi who shoots from the edge of the box, but he finds the wrong side of the net.
7’ Lavi gets the ball at the center of the pitch, advances few meters and shoots with his right foot, and the ball hits the net! 0:1 for Maccabi!
10’ Mabouka storms down the right wing, he passes the ball to Haziza who crosses a dangerous ball into the box that almost becomes Maccabi’s second goal.
45’ Magnificent counter attack by Maccabi: Ashkenazi delivers a brilliant ball to Chery who shoots strongly with his left Foot and scores. 0:2 for Maccabi!
45’+2’ End of the first half. Maccabi leads 0:2.
Second half
60’ Substitution for Maccabi: Maxim Plakuschenko in, Yanic Wildschut out.
76’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ayad Habashi in, Ernest Mabouka out.
82’ Lavi sends a long ball to Chery who crosses the ball, but Be’er Sheva’s defense clears the attempt.
84’ Rukavytsya is sent with a long ball into the box and he shoots, but the ball is cleared behind the line for a corner kick.
85’ Substitution for Maccabi: Sintayehu Sallallich in, Dolev Haziza out.
90’+4’ Final whistle. Maccabi registers a 0:2 against Hapoel Be’er Sheva!
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