Louis Taha (Itzik Belnitsky)
The eighth round games of the State Cup continue at this time with the biggest and most intriguing encounter at this stage – when the champion Maccabi Tel Aviv meets the holder of the Hapoel Beer Sheva Cup at Turner Stadium for a fascinating battle.
The Yellows are in just great momentum in the local arena and have collected six consecutive league victories, which brought them closer to two points from the leader Maccabi Haifa. Last Thursday Patrick Van Leven’s team surrendered 2-0 to Shakhtar Donetsk in the first game of the last 32 stage of the Europa League, and now wants to move on in the cup and not find themselves relegated at such an early stage.
On the other hand, the Southerners have gone through a series of season ups and downs and hope to find stability. After the acquisition campaign that took place in January and with the appointment of Roni Levy as coach (still not standing on the lines) – they begin the campaign to defend the title they won last year.
The last meeting between the teams took place at the beginning of the month, so Maccabi Tel Aviv had the upper hand with 0: 1 in Turner. In the first round of the Premier League this season there was no decision with 0: 0 at Bloomfield. How will it end this time?
first half
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‘8
- First chance for the Yellows: Elon Almog remained exposed on the right side of the southern extension, kicked from the air but Ohad Levita caught
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‘1
- Erez Papir whistled and set the deal in motion
