The mountain gave birth to a mouse. The Tel Aviv derby matches have always been interesting, full of drama and quite a bit of nerves. Tonight (Saturday night), the Tel Aviv derby game that promised a lot, disappointed big time.
On the one hand, it was the best offensive team in the league with 46 goals, on the other hand, the worst defensive team in the league with 37 interceptions. Tonight on the grass the goal nets did not move.
The game, which opened with the throwing of many flares on the part of both fan audiences despite the new nets that were installed, was stopped for 13 minutes and the players on the grass along with the refereeing team, returned from the forced break not well.
A particularly weak first half ended with three scoring chances by Maccabi Tel Aviv players who failed to translate it into goals and at the break it was tied 0:0.
In the second half, Hapoel Tel Aviv almost got help from the match referee, Shanir Levy, twice when he only scored twice for a penalty to her credit, but twice the VAR system intervened and very justly prevented it.
In the 74th minute, the referee could no longer be wrong when Saborit thwarted an attempt by a Hapoel Tel Aviv striker from behind to score and left his teammates with ten players.
It ended with a disappointing 0:0 draw for the first time since the 2018/19 season in the Tel Aviv derby game.
Hapoel has not been able to beat Maccabi since 2014, Maccabi loses an opportunity to narrow the gap in the table from Maccabi Haifa to only 3 points.