Noble Omar, Score: 8
Best on offense, did not stop risking the goal, squeezed a big shot from Shtakus and cooked with a great touch to Cherry
Shlomi Azulai, Score: 5
Does not deliver the goods so far in the red attack
When spring is already on the horizon and as the decisive moments of the season approach, the difficulty increases and the ability to accumulate the points in the teeth becomes increasingly critical from week to week. A day after Maccabi Tel Aviv, which followed, managed to withstand the pressure, tonight (Wednesday), Maccabi Haifa did the same, when at the end of a tough and tense battle against Hapoel Tel Aviv, they managed to return all three points to Carmel with a precious 1: 2 that promised them another week. At the top of the Premier League at the end of the 22nd round.
With three more rounds left to end the regular season, the Greens took another big and important step to finish it in first place. Just before the champion took to the field, Barak Bachar’s team increased the gap again, at least temporarily, to five points. On the other hand, although they looked excellent throughout most of the game, Nir Klinger’s reds will settle for compliments while they are still entangled at the bottom, just three points above the red line. Despite this ability, it is hard to believe that the Reds will stay in the underground battles for a long time to come.
The whole game was opened by Maccabi Haifa. The Greens translated the advantage on the field into a quick advantage goal, when Chiron Shari, who returned to the squad for the first time since falling ill in Corona, took advantage of a wonderful cooking by Noble Omar (his fourth of the season) and gave an advantage after just six minutes. Unfortunately for Bachar, it did not make the game easier, as the Reds were far from giving up. In her first attack, Shai Elias provided the hosts’ equalizer in the 22nd minute with a wonderful goal that left Josh Cohen with no chance.
But the tie equalizer lasted only four minutes. Maccabi Haifa players wore black ribbons in their arms in memory of Jose Rodriguez’s cousin who died at the age of 30 from the corona virus and in the 26th minute, the connection provided a perfect and exciting tribute, returning the advantage to the visitors with one of the most beautiful goals seen this season. From there, everything went hard for Haifa.
The second half in side class, and that was the red side. The Reds looked like a top team for everything, no less, and risked Josh Cohen’s hair time and time again, when the balls kept whistling in the green, which miraculously managed to maintain the result. At the end, Bachar can mark another ‘V’ in the game tour without Nikita Rokavica and Dolev Haziza and will take from the match mainly the three points, which leave him and his team another week at the top.
Half a second
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’90 +5
- Ben Avraham whistled for an end, an important victory for Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel comes down undefeated despite a good performance
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’90 +2
- Wildshot had to finish the game. The Dutchman received a large ball from Awad, knocked down Abu Abid but in one-on-one against Shtakus, kicked the body of the goalkeeper
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’88
- Yellow to Josh Cohen for wasting time
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’86
- Haifa simply held the advantage in the teeth. This time, a lift from Stein’s stationary position was pushed in the direction of Altman, who kicked well and was also pushed to the corner by the defense.
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’84
- Yellow card for Altman
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’82
- Doron Leidner replaces Groper
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’82
- Dan Azaria enters Osher Davida’s place
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’81
- Almost the third of Haifa. The Greens went out for a breakaway, at the end of which Maor Levy sent a message to Yannick Wildshot who kicked a strip to the far corner, Shtakus top with his fingertips
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’76
- Another Klinger offensive replacement: Elias gave way to Gil Yitzhak
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’74
- Only Hapoel was on the field in the second half: Altman a flat ball that was barely repelled by Cohen
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’70
- Donio was injured and left, Muhammad Awad took his place
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’67
- Another replacement for Bachar: Noble gave way to Maor Levy
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’67
- First replacement for Klinger as well: Lidor Cohen left, Raz Stein replaced
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’66
- Hapoel’s equality continued to be in the air. This time, Einbinder sent an excellent depth ball to Groper, the defender continued with a wide ball that reached Davida, who squeezed a save from Josh Cohen
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’60
- Ben Bitton became the first yellow card in the match
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’59
- Hapoel pressed, but Haifa almost stung on the other side. Noble passed an excellent pass over Gruper, went into the box but his kick did not go inside
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’58
- Bachar made a first substitution to inspire his players: Cherry gave way to Yannick Wildshot
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’56
- Hapoel was better at the start of the second half and was close to equalization again: Dan Einbinder put an excellent depth ball to Elias, who kicked while falling and missed the frame by inches
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’51
- Wow, that had to be Hapoel Tel Aviv’s equalizer. Osher Davida raised a corner kick to Lidor Cohen’s head, the connection hit excellently but the ball was pushed off the line by Lavi
first half
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’43
- It had to be the debut goal of Noble at Maccabi Haifa. The Greens went on an excellent attack, Abu Fani found the extremist who spun an excellent flat ball, which was repulsed at the fingertips by Ernests Stakus
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’40
- Despite the goal they conceded, Hapoel Tel Aviv was in the game and tried to achieve the equalizer, but the Greens still dominated the pace
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’26
- Gate! Maccabi Haifa raised to 1: 2: Wow, what exiles we got in the first half hour in Bloomfield, each one more beautiful than the other! Hapoel’s equalizer lasted just four minutes, before Jose Rodriguez tried to pass to Donio, the ball returned to the Spaniard who with a performance reminiscent of Marco van Basten’s goal from the Euro final, returned the advantage to Becher. The Spaniard dedicated the goal to his cousin who passed away from the corona this week at the age of 30, the reason why the visiting players wore a black ribbon on their arm. An exciting tribute in a perfect moment
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’22
- Gate! Hapoel Tel Aviv equalized to 1: 1: The Reds were not in the game at all, but managed to come back big in their first attack. Danny Gruper passed a ball from the left to Osher Davida, the latter was with his back to goal and dropped back in the direction of Shai Elias, who sent a huge flat arrow Far away and left Josh Cohen no chance.A wonderful gate of contact
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’15
- Only one team was on the field in the first quarter of an hour in Bloomfield. Abu Fani snatched, the ball reached Godswi Donio, the striker passed to Neta Lavi who opened his legs and left for Shari, who spun high above the goal
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‘6
- Gate! Maccabi Haifa went up to 0: 1: The Greens took control of things very quickly and gained an early advantage thanks to a perfect football move. Neta Lavie rescued in the center of the field and passed to Muhammad Abu Fani who continued to Omer Atzili, the latter waited, raised his head and with an elegant touch found Chiron Sheri in the box with a perfect elevation, who slid in with a shot inside
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‘1
- Shalom Ben Avraham started the game in Bloomfield
