Maccabi Netanya’s streak of games without a win continues. The team that impressed last season on its way to fourth place and played in the conference league qualifiers this summer, continues to struggle in 2022/23 and tonight (Saturday) ended with a 1:1 against Sektia Nes Ziona, counting already six games without a win – since the 1:4 on Beitar Jerusalem in the opening round. The host again missed quite a bit and settled for the first draw of the season, which temporarily puts her above the red line. She has only four points on her balance sheet, but only two less than Netanya.
In its previous season in the Premier League, Sektia Nes Ziona managed to beat Maccabi Netanya 0:1 in both home games at Petah Tikva. She hoped to do it in the third, but has yet to keep a clean sheet this season and already in the third minute paid dearly for a terrible mistake by Abubakar Keita. The midfielder, who functions as a brake, lost concentration and caused a penalty, which Igor Zlatanovich took advantage of to give the guest an advantage. But Ness Ziona has been playing well in recent weeks and tonight also reached many situations and achieved the tie after a hole in Netanya’s defense and Or Roizman’s first goal in the Premier League (42).
Itamar Nitzan prevented Nes Ziona from completing the turnaround and Yossi Ginzburg also recorded some good saves in the hair of the Olam, who suffered from another serious mistake by Keita, only in the second half Zlatanovich missed. Distribution of points at the end and the scorn of the Maccabi Netanya fans told the story.
Ness Ziona section composition: Yossi Ginzburg, Dor Kochav, Stefan Eka, Abubakar Keita, Stav Israeli, Muhammad Osman, Ilai Trost, Yoni Stoyanov, Almog Bozaglu, Or Roizman, Levan Kotalia.
Maccabi Netanya lineup: Itamar Nitzan, Shay Constantine, Flaman Glavov, Raz Shlomo, Florian Hartherz, Aden Kartsev, Boris Eno, Eitan Azoulai, Liran Rothman, Patrick Tovamisi, Igor Zlatanovich.