Maccabi Netanya and Bnei Sakhnin have kept the tradition, and like the previous eight meetings in the league, this time too the Reds failed to beat the diamonds that won tonight (Monday) 0: 1 and narrowed the gap from the top playoff to just one point. Six years have passed since Bnei Sakhnin’s last league victory against Maccabi Netanya, and six is also the number of consecutive league games in which the Diamonds are unbeaten.
Yuval Ashkenazi, who joined last week from Maccabi Haifa, won a place in the lineup in his debut and celebrated a goal in the tenth minute, but unfortunately the celebrations stopped after a hand touch was detected by the VAR. The host achieved the narrow victory thanks to an accurate kick by Igor Zlatanovich from the penalty spot, but the victory was justified, as Bnei Lem’s team was more dangerous throughout the match. Ashkenazi, Zlatanovich and Yaniv Mizrahi shook the crossbar, while the guest was unable to leave the defeat against Hapoel Hadera in the cup behind and did not look good enough. By the way, Sharon Mimar’s team is the only one in the 18th round that has not won. In extra time, a red card was issued to Bnei Lem, who spent the last minutes of the match in the stands.
The composition of Maccabi Netanya: Danny Amos, Kerem Jaber, Raz Shlomo, Omri Gandelman, Zlatan Shachovich, Aviv Avraham, Eden Kartzev, Yuval Ashkenazi, Parfa Gagun, Amir Berkovich, Igor Zlatanovich.
Bnei Sakhnin composition: Gad Amos, Nikola Cherkovich, Maron Gentos, Ante Polic, Abdullah Jaber, Nir Lex, Biram Kiel, Moti Bershetsky, Mufalach Shalata, Raz Stein, Guy Melamed.