23rd round of the 2019/20 “TA Stock Exchange” League: Beitar Jerusalem hosted Maccabi Haifa at Teddy Stadium. Maccabi arrived at the match after the great 5:0 victory against Hapoel Tel Aviv. The greens arrived at the match from the second place at the league with 49 points. On the other hand, the opponents from the capital city arrived at the 3rd place with 40 points. Beitar arrived at the match after a 2:1 loss at their last fixture against Hapoel Kfar Saba.
Maccabi’s line-up: Cohen, Mabouka, Sainsbury, Arad, Menachem, Lavi (c), Ashkenazi, Plakuschenko, Chery, Wildschut, Rukavytsya
Kick off
19’ Plakuschenko gets the ball outside the box and passes it to Wildschut who shoots, but the ball is cleared for a corner.
20’ A short corner on the right flank turns into a cross to the far post, but the header is blocked for another corner.
26’ Atar scores from a penalty shot. Maccabi is lagging 1:0
29’ Chery advances with the ball through the middle passes a defender and shoots, but the ball goes wide.
39’ Penalty kick for Maccabi. Chery shoots to the corner, but Itamar Nitzan denies it.
41’ Wildschut storms down the left flank and crosses a great ball towards Plakuschenko who shoots strongly, but Nitzan stops it.
43’ Ashkenazi sends Rukavytsya with a long ball on the left side, the striker shoots, but once again Nitzan blocks it.
45’+1’ End of the first half. Maccabi is lagging by one goal.
Second half
53’ Substitution for Maccabi: Dolev Haziza in, Maxim Plakuschenko out.
60’ Substitution for Maccabi: Sintayehu Sallallich in, Yanic Wildschut out.
63’ Chery shoots from outside the box, the ball is deflected straight to Haziza who shoots from the air, but Nitzan sends the ball behind the line for a corner kick.
65’ Arad sends a long ball towards Mabouka who storms into the box, but he is blocked by the defense.
71’ Haziza breaks from left side to the center of the pitch and passes the ball to Ashkenazi who shoots from outside the box, but the ball hits the crossbar.
82’ Substitution for Maccabi: Yarden Shua in, Sun Menachem out.
90’ Shua receives the ball from Mabouka and shoots powerfully, but the ball is blocked by the local defense just a moment before it crosses the goal line.
90’+4’ Plumain scores. Maccabi is lagging 2:0.
90’+5’ Final whistle. Maccabi losses 2:0
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