Maccabi Netanya blanked Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 as Maxim Plakuschenko scored a brace top propel the visitors to the win and the 3-points. Heriberto Tavares opened the scoring as he took advantage of a defensive mistake in the box to give the diamond city side a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute while Plakuschenko scored a pair of goals ahead of the break to take the easy win.

Ohad Kadoussi, who was on the sidelines in place of Head Coach Yossi Abuksis commented, “We played really well and the players deserve to be proud of their effort. We’ve been telling them for a few weeks that we’re back to looking like we did before the playoffs and we’re back to being who we are, a team that plays quality football with excellent defensive ability.”

“I don’t see it that way, as if the players didn’t care about this game,” Beitar Jerusalem Head Coach Barak Itzhaki said. “I don’t know a single player who goes onto the pitch and doesn’t care. We didn’t have enough energy, we weren’t good and we continued to make mistakes like in the previous game, which is a shame.”