The round of 16 of the State Cup continues at this time with the match between Maccabi Netanya, which has experienced a bad season in the league and wants to change the momentum with a victory in the cup, and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth from the national league who wants to make a sensation and dethrone the diamonds already tonight.
Ran Kozhuk’s gang has known happier days in the past. Although after the dismissal of Bnei Lam, the feeling was that the terrible start of the season was behind them, but the Diamonds still did not manage to turn the bowl upside down and take the ranked 11th on a new path. In the previous round, Netanya beat KS 3:4 at the end of a penalty shootout after 1:1 in 120 minutes.
On the other hand, the group from the Galilee comes to the competition after not losing in their last four games. In the previous round of the factory, the northern team defeated the Haifa Scouts 1:5 and easily qualified for the round of 16.
first half
3rd minute: Aden Kartsev returned the ball back towards Itamar Nitzan, who caught it in his hands. Despite this, the referee Eitan Shmoelevich decided to ignore and not whistle for an indirect kick from the penalty area.
7th minute: Almost Netanya’s first. Patrick Twamsey tried to raise from the right wing, but the strong wind turned the ball towards the goal and it stopped on the crossbar.
minute 23: Shai Constantine burst from the right wing into the box and sent it wide, Gandelman missed by a little and the ball was removed from the dangerous area.
33rd minute: Amir Rostom sent a dangerous kick outside the area and squeezed a great shot from Itamar Nitzan.
second half
52nd minute, a goal! Maccabi Netanya took the lead 0:1: Twamsi’s lift from a free kick was stopped by the wall, on the second attempt he sent a great ball in and left Omri Gandelman alone. The midfielder did not get confused and scored from close range.
58th minute: A tremendous opportunity for the hosts. Anes Davor took advantage of Itamar Nitzan’s bad exit and jumped over him. The ball was on its way to the goal, but it bounced too high and went over the crossbar.
72nd minute: Igor Zlatanovich was left alone in the box after a precise deep ball from Rotman, but the striker tangled with the ball and lost it. Big miss for diamonds
Maccabi Netanya lineup: Itamar Nitzan, Shay Constantine, Raz Shlomo (Yuval Sdeh, ’75), Flaman Glabov, Ido Weir, Omri Gandelman (Naftali Blai, ’75), Eitan Azoulai (Amir Berkovitch, ’67), Aden Kartsev, Liran Rothman (Aviv Avraham, ’90), Patrick Twamsi and Gil Yitzhak (Igor Zlatanovich, ’46).
The composition of my brother Nazareth: Omer Nachfaoui, Saleh Hussein, Erez Isakov, Gil Salem (Ali Kanana, ’65), Fadi Najjar, Amir Rostom, Alfa Mamedo (Shadi Fahum, ’78), Amjad Suleiman (Yirin Gabri, ’78), Ans Davor, an adulterer in the sweat (Rodrigue Levis, ’53) and Benjamin Koko (Yuel Abuchatzira, ’78).