Netanya eliminated Haifa from the cup

Outstanding actor Omer Niraon, score: 7
There was a brown shape in the hair of the disappointing actor Daniel Lesvoi, score: 4
It is not clear what he entered for

Exactly one year ago, Maccabi Netanya reached Sami Ofer and eliminated Maccabi Haifa in the quarterfinals after a dramatic 1:2 in overtime. Tonight (Wednesday), history repeated itself almost exactly, only this time, the Diamonds didn’t need extra time and in the debut of Marko Balabul on the lines, recorded a heroic turnaround in ten players with a huge 1:3 on the way to the semi-finals.

This actually ends Maccabi Haifa’s season. When the gap from Maccabi Tel Aviv at the top is 10 points before the match between the two in the second, they probably won’t win a championship, and now the cup, which they wanted so much in Carmel as a consolation for a difficult season, won’t make its way north.

On the other hand, a huge breath comes to Marco Belbul, who, even with a 1:0 deficit and a player disadvantage on the grass, did not give up the game for a moment and in his first game on the lines in Netanya, recorded one of the biggest victories of his career, in front of the ex-girl’s eyes. Netanya, which looked crushed in recent times and as a prominent candidate for relegation, changed under the baton of the new coach in 180 minutes in such a short period of time.

Gedi is kind of shocked (Omari Stein)

At the start of the game it actually seemed not bad from Haifa’s point of view. Unlike the previous three games, which they did not win, Dego’s team was aggressive, first to every ball and got their money’s worth when Lior Rafalov put them in the lead in the 41st minute, which they held until the break.

Five minutes from the start of the second half, Netanya suffered another hard blow, when Naftali Blai was sent off. Just then, with ten players, something different came out of the visiting players. Despite the numerical disadvantage, the aforementioned confusion did not give up on the game and made several offensive exchanges, which gave it an almost immediate effect on the grass.

It started with a huge goal by one of the substitutes, Maxim Plekoshchenko, who scored with a tremendous kick in the 71st minute. In the 84th minute, Sami Ofer was already in complete shock, when the brakeman Itai Ben Shabat set a turning point with a tremendous strike, when around him the green defense simply froze completely. Until the end, all of Haifa’s attempts to come back came to naught, until in the last outburst, Itamar Shebiru took advantage of complete sloppiness in the host’s defense to determine the outcome of the game.

Marco Balbol cannot imagine a dream debut than this. Now, the coach will have to land his players back on the ground in the league, where the diamonds are in a difficult situation and need to escape from the burning bottom. On the other hand, as mentioned, Haifa will try to save its honor in Bloomfield against the rival and champion on the way to Maccabi Tel Aviv, in an attempt to delay the championship celebrations of the Yellows.

Marco confusion. A dream debut (Omari Stein) Maccabi Netanya players celebrate at the end (Omari Stein) Eitan Azoulai dedicates the victory to Almog Meir Jan, who was kidnapped in Gaza (Omari Stein) Iti Ben Shabbat. His big goal (Omari Stein) Yuval Sade and Naftali Blai (Omari Stein) The end of Podgorano (Omari Stein) Maccabi Netanya players celebrate at the end (Omari Stein) Shawn Goldberg (Omari Stein) A disappointed show (Omari Stein)

second half

• ’90+8

• Gate! Maccabi Netanya went up 1:3 and the final whistle: the end of the story! Maccabi Netanya in the semi-finals! The defense of the greens was neglected, Schbiru was left alone one on one against Kiyof and closed the matter with a sharp finish. What a huge victory of confusion in the premiere against the ex

• ’90+5

• Maccabi Haifa looked for the equalizer, Sek’s shot was stopped by Niraon

• ’86

• Sof Podgorano came in instead of Pierre Corneau in Haifa

Karem Jaber and Oz spent time (Omari Stein) Maccabi Netanya players in a frenzy after Ben Shabbat’s goal (Omari Stein) Maccabi Netanya players in a frenzy (Omari Stein)

• ’84

• Gate! Maccabi Netanya went up 1:2: Unbelievable, the guest completed a makeover with ten players! Palakshuchenko collected a corner, Ben Shabbat rose above all the green defense and hit the net with power

• ’78

• The brakeman Saba Khavadjiani entered in place of Eitan Azoulai in Netanya

• ’76

• A tremendous double situation for Maccabi Haifa, Lesvoi’s kick was repelled by Niraon, the ball reached Kinda who bounced Halaili on the other side, the latter collected a perfect ball to the head of Dean David who hit from close range

• ’75

• Gadi Kinda instead of Rafalov

• ’75

• Lior Casa entered in Kenny Seif’s place

• ’74

• Itamar Shabiru replaced Zlatanovich in Netanya

Maccabi Netanya players celebrate with Maxim Falkushchenko (Omari Stein) Maccabi Haifa players celebrate with Maxim Falkushchenko (Omari Stein)

• ’71

• Gate! Maccabi Netanya equalized 1:1: the guest managed to come back despite a numerical disadvantage! Falkushchenko, who had just entered, in one of his first touches received the ball on the edge of the box and fired a bomb that left no chance for Kief

• ’66

• And for the first time since he was injured two months ago – Dean David came up to play. Tomer Hamed came out

• ’66

• A double substitution in Haifa, Jaber made way for Danil Lasvoi

• ’63

• Rafalov lifted a corner that reached the head of Tomer Hamed who hit hard, but narrowly missed the frame

• ’62

• Rafalov swung a free kick from a difficult angle, Niraon headed to the corner

Kenny Seif (Omari Stein)

• ’55

• Boris did not give way to Aviv Avraham

• ’55

• Confusion made a double substitution after the red, Maksim Falkushchenko came in instead of Liran Rothman

Erez Papir shows Naftali Blai the red card (Omari Stein)

• ’50

• A blow to Netanya. Naftali Blai harshly tackled Tomer Hamed and saw the straight red card after the intervention of the VAR

• ’48

• Yellow for field jubilee

Mahmoud Jaber (Omari Stein)

• ’46

• Marko Belbul made a substitution in Netanya at halftime, Ahmed Salman made way for Oz Bilo

first half

Sean Goldberg and Kenny Seif (Omari Stein) Maccabi Haifa players and Lior Rafalov after the goal (Omari Stein) Maccabi Haifa players crazy with Lior Rafalov (Omari Stein) Maccabi Haifa players and Lior Rafalov after the goal (Omari Stein) Lior Rafalov. His wonderful move (Omari Stein) Lior Rafalov celebrates (Omari Stein) Lior Rafalov passes in the area (Omari Stein) Lior Rafalov on his way to the goal (Omari Stein)

• ’41

• Gate! Maccabi Haifa went up to 0:1: this time it went in. A move that started with a tremendous release from Shaw, continued to the left in the direction of Kenny Seif who passed it back to Raphaelov, the latter made a mistake and kicked a ball that hit a defender and made its way into the net

Anan Halaili (Omari Stein)

• ’31

• Maccabi Haifa got closer. Mahmoud Jaber’s kick from the edge of the penalty area was on its way to the frame, but was deflected by Karim Jaber for a corner

Lior Rafalov (Omari Stein)

• ’24

• A flat kick by Kenny Saif was caught by the hands of Omar Niraon

Lior Rafalov (Omri Stein) Lior Rafalov Kicking (Omri Stein) Lior Rafalov (Omri Stein) Lior Rafalov (Omri Stein)

• ’20

• A tremendous situation for Maccabi Haifa. Anan Halaili’s cross from the right reached Lior Rafalov, who made a great mistake, penetrated into the box and kicked a flat ball, which unfortunately went to the crossbar and out

Marco confusion. Bassami Ofer again, this time from the other side (Omari Stein)

• ’16

• The first threat was actually Netanya’s, a dangerous kick by Naftali Blai did not miss the frame of Sharif Kif by much

Eitan Azoulai before the show (Omari Stein)

• ’10

• Maccabi Haifa dominated and was very aggressive in the first minutes in which they were first for every ball, but still failed to register a real threat on the goal

• ‘1

• Maccabi Haifa held a moving ceremony before the game in memory of the late Zion Biton, who was the director of the facilities and a man of the club, who passed away at the age of 74. The late Biton worked in the green ranks for about five decades and was well-liked and loved by the many players and employees

The late Zion Biton (Omari Stein) The ceremony in memory of the late Zion Biton (Omari Stein) Yaakov Shahar at the ceremony in memory of the late Zion Biton (Omari Stein) The family of the late Zion Biton (Omari Stein)

• ‘1

• Erez Papir started the match

Marco Belbol (Omari Stein) Maccabi Haifa players (Omari Stein) Maccabi Netanya players (Omari Stein) Masai Dego (Omari Stein)