Israeli Premier League - 9th Match week | Hapoel Haifa vs Maccabi Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium 

Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Ilay Feingold, Abdoulaye Seck, Lorenco Simic, Pierre Cornud, Mahmoud Jaber, Tjaronn Chery (C), Lior Refaelov, Anan Khalaili, Din David, Frantzdy Pierrot.

Kick Off 

4’ GOAL! Refaelov takes a free kick from 18 meters and he curves the ball brilliantly into the top corner. 0:1 for Maccabi 

21’ Chery leaves the ball to Khalaili at the edge of the box, and the latter shoots a flat ball from a difficult angle, but the ball goes just inches next to the post. 

22’ Refaelov shoots a powerful ball that is blocked by Hapoel’s defense, and deflected straight to Khalaili, who also shoots a dangerous ball, this time Yoav Gerafi blocks the attempt, David is first to the rebound, but his shot hits the post and goes out of play. 

25’ Yellow Card: Mesaye Degu (On bench, Maccabi)

33’ Pierrot receives the ball inside the box, turns around, leave his defender behind and shoots, but Gerafi blocks the attempt, David reaches the second ball and shoots, but the ball hits the wrong side of the net. 

36’ Yellow Card: Ronny Levy (on bench, Hapoel)

37’ Khalaili shakes off his defender and shoots from 18 meters, but Gerafi manages to tip the ball away. 

41’ Refaelov steals the ball and passes it to Khalaili who leaves it to Chery, the captain passes it back to Refaelov, and Refaelov passes it cleverly to David who shoots, but the ball goes over the crossbar. 

45’ Chery sends an incisive pass towards David who crosses it to Cornud who shoots it with his right foot, the ball hits one of Hapoel’s defenders and is deflected straight to the post. 

Second Half 

46’ Refaelov receives the ball inside the box and passes it to Pierrot who leaves it to David, but the latter’s shot goes straight into the goalkeeper’s hands. 

49’ Substitution for Hapoel: Itamar Noy in, Naor Sabag out.

58’ GOAL! Inon Eliyahu lost the ball to Pierrot who passes by Gerafi, and shoots but the ball is blocked and deflected back to Pierrot at the edge of the box, this time the striker crosses the ball towards Refaelov who heads it into the net to double the lead and his tally this evening. 0:2 for Maccabi 

61’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Maor Kandil and Manuel “Show” Cafumana in, Lior Refaelov and Frantzdy Pierrot out.

66’ Double substitution for Hapoel: Oded Checkol and Mohammed Kamara in, Felipe Santos and Itay Buganim out.

70’ Double substitution for Hapoel: Denis Polyakov and Yasmao Cabeda in, Fernand Mayembo and Liran Sardal out. 

73’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ilay Hagag in, Tjaronn Chery out.

73’ Yellow Card: Mohammed Kamara (Hapoel)

76’ Khalaili receives the ball at the center of the pitch and storms into Hapoel’s box, he passes the ball to Show, who shoots a flat ball that goes straight into Gerafi’s hands. 

80’ Yellow Card: Maor Kandil (Maccabi)

81’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Goni Naor and Suf Podgoreanu in, Mahmoud Jaber and Anan Khalaili out.

87’ Yellow Card: Suf Podgoreanu (Maccabi)

90’+1’ GOAL! Hagag receives the ball from Podgoreanu at the edge of the box, and passes a brilliant incisive pass towards David who sends it with a single touch straight into the net. 0:3 for Maccabi 

90’+4’ Hagag shakes off his defender and shoots powerfully from 25 meters, but Gerafi denies the attempt. 

90’+5’ Final whistle.