Maccabi Haifa lost Saturday (7/5/2022) 1: 0 to Hapoel Beer Sheva in the 33rd round of the Premier League in football. The match was held at Turner Stadium in Bessarabia in front of 13,000 spectators, 1443 of them dressed in green. A victory would have given the Greens the championship for the second time in a row, and now they will have to continue the struggle to achieve it.
The greens start slowly
At the beginning of the game, Barak Bachar’s defense was insecure and lost balls for the most part. Luckily, there was not much risk to her goal, because the Be’er Sheva attack missed her chances. Dor Micha hit Josh Cohen weakly in the 10th minute, and 4 minutes later the Reds recorded a big miss. Losing a ball from Ali Muhammad in the center of the field allowed Eugene to try to run all the way to the goal, but in front of Cohen he kicked high.
A few minutes later the guests entered the game. Omri Glazer had to fend off a kick by Dolev Haziza in the 28th minute, and a few seconds later a terrible input from Mikael Alphonse. The really dangerous situation of the first half came 2 minutes later. Noble Omar fired a goal from outside the box, Glazer boxed and caught the ball. 0: 0 at the end of the first half.
The distance that changed the game
5 minutes into the second half and the game took an unwanted turn for the visitors from Haifa. Muhammad Abu Fani stepped on Micha, received a second yellow and was sent off. The Greens fell behind numerically, from which it was very difficult to recover, and Be’er Sheva really liked the new situation. Barak Bachar had to take out the noble and put in Mahmoud Jaber to keep a strong link. After descending to the bench, the nobles of York were observed towards Beer Sheva fans, an act for which he is expected to be sent off.
The Reds began to threaten Cohen’s goal. Ramzi Spori fired from a distance in the 66th minute and Cohen headed to the corner. A minute later Or Dadia carelessly missed from an extension. In the end, the pressure paid off and Be’er Sheva scored the goal. Spori picked up a free kick in the 80th minute and Eitan Tibi hit the back and in. 1: 0 to Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Maccabi Haifa tried with little time left to try to scrape an equalizer and abandoned the defense. The Southerners reached some situations where they could double towards the end. Spori’s shot went over the bar in the 89th minute, and in another situation Nikita Rokavica was stopped by Cohen and the rebound was sent by Sagiv Yehezkel out in front of an empty net. In the end, Haifa failed to punish Aliniv Barda’s players for their misses and the game ended 1-0 to Beer Sheva.
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The ball is still in the feet of the Greens
After the loss, the Greens remain on 72 points, while the rivals from Be’er Sheva in 2nd place have 66 points. There are 3 more games left, so 4 points will guarantee Maccabi Haifa success. In the next round, they will host Maccabi Tel Aviv (Tuesday, 10/5/2022). A green victory against the Yellows plus the loss of points of the Southerners against Hapoel Tel Aviv will end the story and crown the Greens for the second time in a row for the state champions.
