Maccabi’s line-up: Josh Cohen, Raz Meir, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Pierre Cornud, Ali Mohamed, Neta Lavi (C), Tjaronn Chery, Omer Atzili, Din David, Frantzdy Pierrot.

Kick Off 

4’ Cornud crosses the ball into the box, Pierrot heads it wide. 

8’ Chery steals the ball at the center of the pitch, storms forward and shoots from 20 meters, but the ball goes slightly over the crossbar. 

22’ Atzili crosses the ball brilliantly towards Chery who shoots it with his left foot from inside the box, but the ball hits the crossbar. 

37’ Atzili crosses a corner kick into the box, Seck heads it, but the goalkeeper blocks it. 

45’ Chery tries to surprise the goalkeeper from 30 meters, but the ball goes above the target. 

Second Half 

58’ Substitution for Maccabi: Mohammed Abu Fani in, Ali Mohamed out.

58’ Pierrot passes the ball to Meir who crosses the ball into the box, David heads it, but the goalkeeper deflects the ball for a corner kick. 

58’ GOAL! Chery takes the corner kick and passes the ball to Atzili who crosses a sharp ball into the box. The ball hits Hapoel’s defender, Hatem Abd Elhamed, and bounces into the net. 0:1 for Maccabi. 

80’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Nikita Rukavytsya and Mavis Tchibota in, Frantzdy Pierrot and Din David out.

86’ Neta Lavi receives the ball at the center of the pitch, advances a few meters and shoots with his left foot from outside the box, but the ball goes just next to the post. 

87’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Sun Menachem and Rami Gershon in, Pierre Cornud and Omer Atzili out.

90’+4’ Red card. Hatem Abd Elhamed (Hapoel) hits Tchibota without the ball at the middle of the pitch and the referee shows him the red card. 

90’+7’ Final whistle. Maccabi completes an important win that increases the lead in the table to 4 points over the second place, with only one match left before the world cup break.