Europa League, Group F, 4th Matchweek | Maccabi Haifa vs Villarreal | AEK Arena

Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Daniel Sundgren, Abdoulaye Seck, Lorenco Simic, Pierre Cornud, Manuel “Show” Cafumana, Ali Mohamed, Lior Refaelov (C), Ilay Hagag, Anan Khalaili, Frantzdy Pierrot.

Kick Off 

23’ Refaelov receives the ball inside the box, shakes off his defender, and passes the ball backwards to Pierrot who shoots powerfully from the edge of the box, but Reina collects it. 

27’ Khalaili penetrates into the box, leaves behind his defender, and crosses the ball towards Cornud who shoots a flat ball, but Reina tips the ball for a corner kick. 

28’ Yellow Card: Alexander Sorloth (Villarreal)

31’ GOAL. Refaelov crosses a great free kick into the box, and Seck heads it straight into Reina’s net and puts Maccabi first on the scoreboard. 1:0 for Maccabi 

37’ Yellow Card: Lorenco Simic (Maccabi)

38’ Keouf stops a penalty taken by Sorloth but the referee decides to retake the penalty because one of Maccabi’s players entered the box before the shot was taken, and the goalkeeper blocks the second penalty as well with a brilliant save to maintain Maccabi’s lead. 

45’ Refaelov crosses a corner kick straight to Seck who heads the ball, but the ball hits a visitor’s defender and is deflected for another corner kick. 

45’ Another great corner kick from Refaelov reaches Seck, who shoots the ball this time, but it goes straight into the goalkeeper’s hands. 

Second Half 

46’ Substitution for Villarreal: Jorge Pascual in, Santiago Comesana out.

62’ Mohamed passes a brilliant ball to Khalaili on the right flank, Khalaili storms forward, enters into the box, and shoots from a hard angle, but the ball goes just slightly wide. 

64’ Khalaili breaks forward down the right flank, he passes the ball to Refaelov who shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball is cleared for a corner kick. 

65’ Triple substitution for Rennes: Alex Baena, Yeremy Pino, and Daniel Parejo in, Ben Brereton Diaz, Ilias Akomach, and Ramon Terrats out.

66’ Substitution for Maccabi: Din David in, Frantzdy Pierrot out.

69’ Yellow Card: Adria Altimira (Villarreal)

71’ Yellow Card: Lior Refaelov (Maccabi)

75’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Mahmoud Jaber and Suf Podgoreanu in, Ilay Hagag and Lior Refaelov out.

75’ Yellow Card: Alberto Moreno (Villarreal)

78’ David breaks into the box, shakes off his defender, and shoots with his left foot, but the ball goes over the crossbar. 

79’ Substitution for Villarreal: Etienne Capoue in, Frantzdy Pierrot out.

80’ Jaber sends the ball towards David who enters into the box and shoots, but he misses the target. 

82’ GOAL. Baena receives the ball inside the box, shoots, and scores to level the score. 1:1

85’ Yellow Card: Manuel “Show” Cafumana (Maccabi)

86’ GOAL. Moreno shoots a flat ball, Keouf blocks it, but Sorloth is first to the rebound and he scores. 1:2 for Villarreal

87’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Hamza Shibli and Goni Naor in, Anan Khalaili and Manuel “Show” Cafumana out.

88’ Podgoreanu crosses the ball into the box, David heads it powerfully, but the ball goes just next to the post. 

90’ Sundgren enters into the box, shakes off his defender, and shoots with his left foot, the ball is deflected straight to Cornud who shoots it, but the ball hits the wrong side of the net. 

90’+4’ Final whistle.