Champions League 3rd qualification round - first leg | Slovan Bratislava vs Maccabi Haifa | Tehelné pole stadium 

Maccabi’s line-up: Itamar Nitzan, Daniel Sundgren, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Pierre Cornud, Ali Mohamed, Mahmoud Jaber, Dolev Haziza (C), Anan Khalaili, Diaa Sabia, Frantzdy Pierrot.

Kick Off 

5’ GOAL! Cornud crosses the ball towards Khalaili who waits at the edge of the box. Khalaili passes the ball to Sabia with a single touch, and the latter leaves it brilliantly to Pierrot who sends the ball straight into the net. 0:1 for Maccabi 

12’ GOAL! A corner kick for Slovan Bratislava is crossed into Maccabi’s box, Goldberg tries to head the ball away, but the ball hits Seck and is deflected into Nitzan’s net. 1:1

15’ Cornud passes a great ball to Sabia, who shoots a sharp and powerful ball from 18 meters straight into Borjan’s top corner. 1:2 for Maccabi. 

38’ Haziza receives the ball at edge of the box, cuts to the center, leaves his defender behind and shoots curved ball from inside the box, but the goalkeeper tips the ball away for a corner kick. 

Second Half 

58’ Pierrot passes the ball to Khalaili who penetrates into the box from the right flank, he shakes off his defender and shoots powerfully from a hard angle, but Borjan blocks the attempt. 

62’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Suf Podgoreanu and Din David in, Anan Khalaili and Dolev Haziza out.

63’ Substitution for Slovan: Tigran Barseghyan in, Sharani Zuberu out.

68’ Goldberg sends a clever long ball towards Pierrot who enters into the box and shoots, but the goalkeeper deflects it for a corner kick. 

69’ Cornud crosses the ball into the box, Pierrot heads the ball straight into Brojan’s hands. 

75’ Double substitution for Slovan: David Strelec and Marko Tolic in, Malik Abubakari and Kyriakos Savvidis out.

78’ Substitution for Maccabi: Lior Refaelov in, Diaa Sabia out.

81’ Nitzan kicks a long ball forward, David reaches it, and shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball goes over the crossbar.

87’ Substitution for Slovan: Jaromir Zmrhal in, Lukas pauscheck out.

90’ Yellow Card: Pierre Cornud (Maccabi)

90’ Yellow Card: Sean Goldberg(Maccabi)

90’+5’ Final whistle.