Hapoel Tel Aviv – Maccabi Netanya: live report from the Premier League

“A game where there may be no way back,” that’s how Hapoel Tel Aviv defined the meeting tonight (Saturday) with Maccabi Netanya in the home game held in Petah Tikva due to a radius penalty. Losing more points could drop the Reds below the red line at the end of the cycle, Sloboden Drapić chose to start with three brakes and placed El Yam Kanzpolski and Ari Cohen in the 11th, with Kays Ganem and Ann Ojebolt in the front.

Netanya, which has not been able to beat Hapoel Tel Aviv for ten consecutive games in all competitions, comes with a missing team. Eitan Azoulay is yellowed, Boris Anu is injured and so is Aviv Avraham. Aden Kartsev, who finished serving a suspension, returned and started alongside Omri Gendelman in midfield. Ido Weir again started at left back, while Karam Jaber was given credit on the right wing. Netanya may also fall below the red line at the end of this cycle, but like its opponent, a victory will bring it back strongly to the top playoff picture.

After about 25 minutes of weak and slow football on the part of both teams, Maccabi Netanya got into things and took control of the center of the field. The yellows pushed forward, the reds could not go forward and closed and the feeling was that the visitor’s goal was in the air. But one explosive attack exposed an exposed rear part of Netanya and allowed Hapoel Tel Aviv to take the lead in complete contrast to what happened in the game.

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the progress of the game

The underground game has started. Which group will celebrate at the end?

Bitton collected a long ball, Ozhbolt hit, the ball hit a Netanya player and went into the corner

Zlatanovic kicked a flat from 27 meters and missed the frame

Ghanem was fouled about 18 meters from the goal, kicked the free ball himself and flipped it over the crossbar

20 minutes have passed and the game is still in first gear. The pace is low and there are no modes

With the rebounder, Gendelman overcame two defenders and hit the crossbar

Lemkin lost, pulled on the shirt of a Netanya player and was yellowed

Lamkin, who has been carrying an injury for quite a few minutes, was replaced by Israelov in Hapoel Tel Aviv

Kartsev kicked at half height outside the box, Marinovic jumped and headed. Good minutes of Netanya, Hapoel Tel Aviv is closing

0:! La Hapoel Tel Aviv! Einbinder sent Ghanem on a burst in Netanya’s exposed half, the striker advanced to the box and passed to Ozbolt who easily kicked flat into the net

45+1: Ghanem again raced for a breakaway, but this time Ozbolt was not in the area and his kick from a difficult situation was blocked for the corner

45+3: Gottlieb lowered his head to Ozbolt, who shot from the air into the outer net

Substitution at Maccabi Netanya at the start of the second half: Constantine in, Jaber out

Bitton collected a long ball from the right and Ozbolt hit from the edge of the box, near the post and wide

Ozbolt passed a nice ball to Ghanem, Nitzan was not good and the Hapoel Tel Aviv striker rolled from an uncomfortable position into the outer net

The composition of the groups

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Coach: Slobodan Drapić

The game setup

3:5:2

• 
  5A. Conte
• 
  6A. Gottlieb
• 
  4S. Lemkin

• 
  2B. Bitton
• 
  24A. Cohen
• 
  14A. Kanzpolsky
• 
  11d. Ainbinder
• 
  31A. Dusso

• 
  9A. Ozbolt
• 
  12K. Ganam

Substitutes bench:

Maccabi Netanya

Coach: Ran Kozhuch

The game setup

4:3:3

• 
  26about. Jaber
• 
  25P. Glabov
• 
  4R. Shlomo
• 
  2P. Weir

• 
  54To. Rothman
• 
  72P. Kartsev
• 
  6P. Gentleman

• 
  10A. Berkovic
• 
  11A. Zlatanovic
• 
  27P. Twamasi

Substitutes bench:

Sunday games in the Premier League

19:00: Hapoel Hadera – Maccabi Bnei Rayna
20:30: Maccabi Haifa – Hapoel Beer Sheva