Europa Conference League, Knockout round playoff first leg | Maccabi Haifa vs Gent | Bozsik Arena, Budapest

Maccabi’s line-up: Shareef Keouf, Maor Kandil, Ilay Feingold, Abdoulaye Seck, Rami Gershon (C), Suf Podgoreanu, Manuel “Show” Cafumana, Ali Mohamed, Daniil Lesovoy, Gadi Kinda, Frantzdy Pierrot.

Kick Off 

36’ Kinda crosses a great ball towards Pierrot who gets control of it inside the box and shoots from a difficult angle, but the ball goes just next to the post. 

Second Half 

46’ Substitution for Gent: Laurent Depoitre in, Momodou Sonko out.

48’ Gershon crosses a clever ball into the box that finds Kinda, but he is unable to get hold of it. Eventually, the ball arrives at Pierrot who shoots it, but the ball goes straight into the hands of Gent’s goalkeeper, Davy Roef. 

49’ Kandil crosses the ball into the box, Pierrot shoots it from the air, but Roef collects it. 

56’ Yellow Card: Maor Kandil (Maccabi)

61’ Kandil takes a corner, he passes the ball backwards to Kinda who shoots from the edge of the box, but the ball goes just inches wide. 

63’ Triple Substitution for Maccabi: Kenny Saief, Lior Refaelov and Daniel Sundgren in, Gadi Kinda, Daniil Lesovoy and Ali Mohamed out.

65’ GOAL! Gent’s defense clears the ball poorly and Podgoreanu deflects it straight to Pierrot who chips the ball over Roef and into the net. 1:0 for Maccabi 

69’ Substitution for Gent: Hyun-Seok Hong in, Pieter Gerkens out.

74’ Substitution for Maccabi: Lorenco Simic in, Maor Kandil out.

76’ Yellow Card: Ilay Feingold (Maccabi)

81’ Substitution for Gent: Noah Fadiga in, Matisse Samoise out.

83’ Substitution for Maccabi: Goni Naor in, Manuel “Show” Cafumana out.

90’+3’ Yellow Card: Julien De Sart (Gent)

90’+4’ Final whistle.