Israeli State Cup - 8th round | Hapoel Kfar Saba vs Maccabi Haifa | Levita Stadium 

Maccabi’s line-up: Itamar Nitzan, Maor Kandil, Ilay Feingold, Lorenco Simic, Rami Gershon (C), Kenny Saief, Goni Naor, Lior Kasa, Gadi Kinda, Tomer Hemed, Frantzdy Pierrot. 

Kick Off 

5’ GOAL! Hemed passes the ball to Kandil on the right flank, Kandil crosses a great ball towards Kinda who shoots it with a single touch straight into Netanel Daloya’s net. 0:1 for Maccabi. 

6’ Hemed tries his luck from 18 meters, but the goalkeeper collects it. 

10’ Kasa shoots from 20 meters, but the ball goes just slightly over the crossbar. 

15’ Yellow Card: Roi Maman (Kfar Saba)

26’ Hemed receives the ball inside the box, shakes off his defender and shoots a flat ball, Daloya blocks the attempt. Pierrot is first to the rebound, but his shot is cleared from the goal line. 

40’ GOAL! The referee awards Maccabi a penalty shot after a handball inside the box. Tomer Hemed converts it successfully. 0:2 for Maccabi. 

42’ Pierrot shakes off his defender at the center of the pitch and breaks forward all the way to the host's box, he shoots powerfully, but Daloya collects it. 

45’+1’ Pierrot receives the ball inside the box and shoots, Daloya blocks it, and the ball is deflected straight to Kinda who shoots it, but Daloya is alert and collects the ball. 

Second Half 

46’ Substitution for Kfar Saba: Tal Naim in, Roi Maman out.

62’ Double substitution for Kfar Saba: Roy Fadida and Yehoshua Shtrimling in, Daniel Mor Yosef and Ari Cohen out.

64’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Sean Goldberg and Suf Podgoreanu in, Lorenco Simic and Lior Kasa out.

65’ Yellow Card: Kenny Saief (Maccabi)

66’ GOAL! Ali Khatib crosses a free kick into Nitzan’s box, and Ofek Fishler shoots it from the air to narrow the score. 1:2 for Maccabi. 

70’ GOAL! Ali Khatib takes a free kick from 18 meters, and he sends it straight into Nitzan’s net. 2:2 at Levita. 

71’ GOAL! Hemed passes the ball to Kinda and runs into the box, Kinda crosses the ball back to Hemed, and he heads the ball straight into the bottom corner. 2:3 for Maccabi 

73’ Yellow Card: Gadi Kinda (Maccabi)

75’ Substitution for Kfar Saba: Roei Ben Shimon in, Benjamin Kuku out.

76’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Daniel Sundgren and Anan Khalaily in, Gadi Kinda and Frantzdy Pierrot out.

78’ Khalaily shoots powerfully from 18 meters, the ball hits the crossbar and is deflected to the back of the goalkeeper, and out for a corner kick. 

81’ Substitution for Kfar Saba: Or Inbrum in, Ronen Hanzis out.

86’ Substitution for Maccabi: Din David in, Tomer Hemed out.

90’+2’ GOAL! Khatib crosses a free kick into the box, the ball is cleared straight to Inbrum who scores an equalizer. 3:3 at Levita. 

90’+6’ Final whistle. 

Extra Time 

93’ Substitution for Maccabi: Pierre Cornud in, Maor Kandil out.

94’ Khalaily shoots from just outside the box, but the ball misses the target. 

100’ Naor tries his luck from 18 meters, but the ball goes slightly over the crossbar. 

103’ Yellow Card: Yehoshua Shtrimling (Kfar Saba)

107’ Yellow Card: Mustafa Sheikh Yosef (Kfar Saba)

109’ Substitution for Kfar Saba: Daniel Joulani in, Mustafa Sheikh Yosef out.

110’ GOAL! Cornud steals the ball and passes it cleverly to David who sends an incisive pass towards Podgoreanu. Podgoreanu storms into the box and shoots a curved ball to the far corner and returns the lead to Maccabi. 3:4 for Maccabi. 

114’ Khalaily passes the ball to Podgoreanu, but the latter’s shot goes just inches next to the post. 

117’ Yellow Card: Daniel Sundgren (Maccabi)

117’ Yellow Card: Ali Khatib (Kfar Saba)

119’ GOAL! Saief passes the ball to Khalaily who passes by magnificently three defenders, enters into the box and finishes with a lovely Trivela shot. 3:5 for Maccabi

120’+3’ GOAL! Podgoreanu breaks forward all the way into the box, and he passes an accurate ball to Khalaily who rolls the ball into an empty net to complete a personal brace and to set the final score. 3:6 for Maccabi

120’+4’ Final whistle.