Champions League first qualification round - first leg | Hamrun Spartans vs Maccabi Haifa | Centenary Stadium (Malta)

Maccabi’s line-up: Itamar Nitzan, Daniel Sundgren, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Pierre Cornud, Goni Naor, Ali Mohamed, Tjaronn Chery (C), Diaa Sabia, Din David, Frantzdy Pierrot.

Hamrun Spartans׳ line-up: Federico Marchetti, Steve Borg, Roko Prsa, Ryan Camenzuli, Ognjen Bjelicic, Emerson, Uros Djuranovic, Elionay, Juan Corbalan, Nemanja Krstic, Jonny. 

Kick Off 

18’ Yellow Card: Borg (Hamrun)

40’ Sabia sends a great incisive pass towards David, but the goalkeeper reaches the ball first and clears it for a corner kick. 

41’ GOAL! Sabia crosses the corner kick into the box, Pierrot jumps high, heads the ball into the bottom corner, and scores to put Maccabi first on the scoreboard. 0:1 for Maccabi. 

45’+2’ GOAL! Chery receives the ball in the center of the pitch, storms forward all the way to the box, and passes the ball to David, who waited inside the box and he shoots a curved ball that hits the far post and goes in! 0:2 for Maccabi. 

Second Half 

48’ Chery passes the ball towards Pierrot who chips the ball over his defender and shoots from the edge of the box, but Marchetti collects it. 

54’ Substitution for Maccabi: Lior Refaelov in, Din David out.

55’ Pierrot receives the ball at the edge of the box and passes it to Refaelov who shoots with a single touch, but the ball goes just next to post and out of play. 

57’ GOAL! Sabia passes a short corner kick to Chery who passes it back to Sabia and he crosses the ball into the box, Seck heads it towards Pierrot and the striker heads the ball in from close range. 0:3 for Maccabi. 

61’ Yellow Card: Djuranovic (Hamrun)

63’ Double substitution for Hamrun: Eder and Yuliyan Nenov in, Nemanja Krstic and Elionay out.

68’ Triple Substitution for Maccabi: Erik Shuranov, Mahmoud Jaber and Anan Khalaili in. Frantzdy Pierrot, Diaa Sabia, and Ali Mohamed out.

70’ Double substitution for Hamrun: Joseph Mbong and Luke Montebello in, Juan Corbalan and Jonny out.

79’ GOAL! Khalaili overcomes his defender, steals the ball from him, and shoots from a difficult angle a flat ball that goes straight into the net. 0:4 for Maccabi. 

80’ Substitution for Maccabi: Hamza Shibli in, Tjaronn Chery out.

90’+1’ Refaelov sends a long ball into the box towards Shibli who crosses it to Jaber, the latter shoots powerfully, but the ball is blocked by the goalkeeper. 

90’+3’ Final whistle.