ONE System | 13/02/2021 15:00
Sagiv Yechezkel and Dor Malul (Omri Stein)
The 21st round of the Stock Exchange League has begun when the renewed Hapoel Beer Sheva is currently hosted at the Sami Ofer Stadium at Hapoel Haifa in an attempt to establish its position in fourth place in the table and approach the top of the table.
The team of Aliniv Barda and Maor Melikson, strengthened by the new acquisition, Sagiv Yehezkel, wants to put aside the 3-0 defeat to MS. Ashdod in the previous round in order to narrow, at least temporarily, the gap from Ashdod to only one point and also, in order to establish its position in fourth place and improve positions in the battle for the ticket to the top playoffs.
On the other hand, the red-blacks of Haim Sylves, who are still licking their wounds after the 2-0 to Maccabi Haifa in the derby and also, after the violent incident at the end of the derby, want to return to football only and try to surprise after winning only one game in the last eight games. For Hapoel Haifa, this is a critical game if the Haifa team wants to continue fighting for the ticket to the top playoffs.
The previous meeting between the two teams, in the 8th round of the season, ended in a 2: 2 points split when Hanan Maman set up a Haifa advantage in the first minute, Itamar Shabiru and Rotem Hatuel turned, but Case Ganem equalized. By the way, Hapoel Beer Sheva has not lost to Haifa in the last seven meetings since the penalty shootout victory in the 2018 Champions League, when since then the Southerners have won four games and three more ended in a draw.
first half:
Minute 1: Referee Eitan Shmuelevich started the game.
Minute 2: Hapoel Haifa’s first attempt – Case Ganem kicked off the field, but his ball hit the defense on the way and went to the corner.
18th minute, Hapoel B’Shlosha goal disqualified: A free kick was raised to Hapoel Haifa, Sagiv Yehezkel hit it wide and Hanan Maman continued inside with his head, but the VAR signaled to Shmuelevich who was there different.
22 minutes, another threat from Hapoel Haifa: Hanan Maman kicked from the edge of the box, but his ball was blocked by Levita.
23 minutes, Hapoel Beer Sheva went up to 0: 1: Dudi Twito started the move when raising to the field, Tomer Yosefi continued with a strong touch to the net of the northerners.
25th minute, Hapoel Haifa almost equalized: Yahav Gurfinkel found Liran Serdel in the box, but the latter kicked over the net.
28 minutes, Hapoel Beer Sheva went up to 0: 2: Dor Malul made a mistake, Rotem Hatuel took advantage of this and kicked from about 18 meters above Ran Kadosh. Wonderful performance by the Southern player.
In the 41st minute, the referee decided not to award a penalty to Hapoel Haifa: Case Ganem fell in the box, but in VAR he signaled to Shmuelevich that there was no offense. Haim Sylves came in with complaints and was yellowed
45 + 1 minute, good situation for Hapoel Haifa: Louis Taha tripped Ganem near the field and was yellowed, Ruslan Bersky kicked the free kick but did not position Levita’s frame.
second half:
Minute 46: The second half opened with two substitutions by Hapoel Haifa – Saar Padida and Ido Shachar came in instead of Dor Malul and Gal Erel.
Hapoel Haifa: Ran Kadosh, Dor Malul (Saar Padida, 46), Nisso Capiloto, Ben Wahba, Yahav Gurfinkel, Gal Erel (Ido Shachar, 46), Ruslan Bersky, Liran Serdel, Hanan Maman, Case Ganem and Ness Zamir.
Hapoel Beer Sheva: Ohad Levita, Or Dadia, Louis Taha, Eitan Ratzon, Dudi Twito, Mariano Briero, David Keltins, Marcelo Mali, Sagiv Yehezkel, Tomer Yosefi and Rotem Hatuel.
