Maccabi Tel Aviv drops Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Hafa gets by Hapoel Beer Sheva

Dec 3, 2023 | Football

Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 2-1 as Osher Davida scored the second half winner to hand the yellow-and-blue the 3-points. Ofek Bitton gave the capital city reds a 1-0 lead with a goal against the run of play as the first half came to an end but Eran Zahavi found the equalizer ten minuets into the second half. With Robbie Keane’s squad pushing for the go ahead goal, Osher Davida did exactly that as he found the back of the goal to give Maccabi the hard earned victory.

“It wasn’t easy and especially when they scored the goal against the run of play,” Keane said following the game. “We weren’t sharp in certain areas but we showed character to comeback with a goal down as we saw the substitutions make an impact. We are concentrating each game at a time.”

“We had a long break and we played well and prepared well but not good enough for Maccabi Tel Aviv,” Hapoel coach Ziv Arie said. “Maccabi is a team that always get to their chances but we will work hard and we have a derby coming up later in the week and while it’s not ideal to go into that game after a loss we will be ready.”

Up by the Carmel Mountain, Maccabi Haifa just got by Hapoel Beer Sheva 1-0 with a late second half injury time goal via Dean David who slotted home a tremendous pass by Lior Refaelov to take the points.

“The first half we should have been up 2-0 or 3-0, but we came out with nothing,” Haifa coach Messay Dego said. “We knew that Hapoel Beer Sheva hadn’t played in quite some time, but a goal in the 94th minute is very, very sweet. We have a lot of games coming up and we are a playing with a short roster.”

“Our first half wasn’t great and we didn’t play at all to the pace of the game,” Beer Sheva bench boss Elyaniv Barda began. “In the second half we had three very good chances to win the game and we looked better but it was still not enough. It’s tough to give up a goal so late in the game but we can’t dwell on that as we have another match in a couple of days.”

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