Maccabi’s line-up: Roi Mishpati, Inon Eliyahu, Abdoulaye Seck, Rami Gershon, Pierre Cornud, Ali Mohamed, Mohammed Abu Fani, Tjaronn Chery, Omer Atzili, Mavis Tchibota, Din David.

Kick Off

8’ GOAL! Tchibota steals the ball just outside the box, he passes it to David who sends the ball forward for Chery, and the latter rolls the ball into the net. 1:0 for Maccabi 

33’ GOAL! David receives the ball outside the box and he passes it to Abu Fani, who joins from behind. The midfielder finds Atzili inside the box with a great pass; Atzili shoots the ball to right bottom corner and scores. 2:0 for Maccabi 

37’ GOAL! Eliyahu storms down the right flank, passes by his defender brilliantly and crosses the ball into the box straight to David who shoves the ball into the net from close range. 3:0 for Maccabi 

39’ Substitution for Maccabi: Maor Levi in, Tjaronn Chery out.

Second Half 

46’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ben Sahar in, Din David out.

58’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Ofri Arad and Sun Menachem in, Abdoulaye Seck and Pierre Cornud out.

62’ GOAL! Atzili crosses a corner kick into the box, Arad jumps high, heads the ball powerfully and scores! 4:0 for Maccabi 

64’ Sahar shoots from 18 meters, but the ball goes over the crossbar. 

67’ Sahar receives a long ball from Abu Fani and tries to chip it over the goalkeeper, but the ball is blocked for a corner kick. 

69’ GOAL! Muhammad Awad shoots from outside the box and narrows the score. 4:1 for Maccabi

73’ Substitution for Maccabi: Ziv Ben Shimol in, Mohammed Abu Fani out.

90’+2’ Final whistle. An impressive 4:1 win for Maccabi that will start the journey for this season Israeli State Cup on Monday against Nof HaGalil.