{"id":177228,"date":"2026-04-26T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=177228"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:36:01","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-takes-israeli-classico-hapoel-tel-aviv-slips-by-hapoel-pt-hapoel-jerusalem-drops-into-relegation-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-takes-israeli-classico-hapoel-tel-aviv-slips-by-hapoel-pt-hapoel-jerusalem-drops-into-relegation-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv takes Israeli Classico, Hapoel Tel Aviv slips by Hapoel PT, Hapoel Jerusalem drops into relegation zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Haifa 3-1<\/strong> as the yellow-and-blue dominated the Israeli Classico to take the 3-points and keep their title hopes alive dropping the gap to first place Hapoel Beer Sheva to eight points. Varela opened the scoring off a Haifa turnover to give Maccabi an early lead in the 15th minute while Sayed Abu Farkhi doubled the advantage in first half injury time to head into the break holding a 2-0 lead. Trivante Stewart was then Issued a straight red card for his reckless foul on Itamar Noy to lose a player for the final half hour of play. However, Guy Melamed pulled a marker back to halve the lead but Ido Shachar scored from the penalty spot after there was a handball in the box to close out the victory.<\/p>\n<p>The yellow-and-blue Head Coach Ronny Deila reflected on the match, |\u201dIn the first half, especially the first 25 minutes, we played very well. They scored two goals that were disallowed and we responded with a goal before halftime, it was an important goal. After that, in the second half, they didn\u2019t create too much, but on the other hand, we also didn\u2019t play particularly well. We could have moved the ball better and created more chances. Our intensity dropped and that\u2019s something you can\u2019t allow, no matter where we\u2019re playing. It\u2019s a good win that puts us in a strong position. We need to keep going and we\u2019re already looking ahead to Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi Haifa\u2019s bench boss Barak Bachar spoke about the defeat, \u201cThere\u2019s not much to say in a situation like this. Clearly, the season hasn\u2019t been good. We tried to bring a bit of joy to the fans, but we didn\u2019t manage to do that. We need to put our heads down, apologize to the supporters and keep moving forward this season. We can\u2019t look at next year, we have to focus on the here and now. There aren\u2019t many options; we\u2019ll evaluate the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hapoel Tel Aviv slipped by Hapoel Petach Tikva 1-0<\/strong> as Daniel Dappa scored from inside of the box after taking a beautiful pass from Loizos Lozou to help the reds to the 3-points as they try to punch their ticket to European qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv Head Coach Elyaniv Barda spoke about the win and Daniel Dappa\u2019s contribution, \u201cI\u2019m very happy for him. He worked very hard for a very long time and I\u2019m really glad it finally went in for him. It definitely helped the team, which is the most important thing. We earned three very important points in our fight for a place in Europe. I think that in the end it was quite an even match, even though in the first half we controlled the game and it was our best pressing performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hapoel Petach Tikva Head Coach Omer Peretz, who only recently agreed to a contract extension with the club, spoke after the defeat, \u2018When you concede a goal so late in the match, there\u2019s great disappointment. It\u2019s possible that Hapoel Tel Aviv were better in terms of flow, but in terms of chances we created good opportunities and could have scored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maccabi Netanya blanked Bnei Sahknin 3-0<\/strong> as the diamond city side received first half gold from Basam Zaarura and Oz Bilu while Heriberto Tavares found the back of the goal in the second half to wrap up the 3-points for Roni Levy\u2019s team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started the match well,\u201d Netanya bench boss Roni Levy said. \u201cI\u2019m beginning to see many things here that I like and there\u2019s a good attitude. The day-to-day conduct is just as important, and I see a very significant improvement in how we look. We need to maintain this over a longer period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sakhnin Head Coach Yossi Abukasis summed up the match, \u201cIt started with the throw-in, that\u2019s where we let them into the game. After that, on the second goal, we made a big mistake. We couldn\u2019t lift up the players, because many of them know they won\u2019t continue, so they didn\u2019t have the drive. We weren\u2019t there from the very first moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maccabi Bnei Reineh downed Ashdod 2-1<\/strong> as Vitale Damascan\u2019s 60th minute goal cancelled out Ayi Ochayi\u2019s earlier strike and Antonio Sefer\u2019s penalty gave the Galilee side the win and the 3-points to continue the climb out of the league\u2019s cellar. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa played to a goalless draw<\/strong> as the capital city reds dropped into the relegation zone and now find themselves behind <strong>Ironi Tiberias who defeated Hapoel Kiryat Shemona 2-0<\/strong> on first half goals by Sambinha and Stanislav Bilenkyi. <\/p>\n<p>Lior Zada, Jerusalem\u2019s Head Coach said, \u201cIt\u2019s not a simple situation and it\u2019s not easy. We\u2019re in a relegation battle and no one expected us to suddenly look like Manchester City or Barcelona. Right now we need to play much more direct football, we\u2019re trying to be more efficient. There were also some good things: good energy, and we didn\u2019t concede.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tiberias Bench boss Eliran Hodeida spoke about keeping up the the fine momentum, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to jinx it as we\u2019re happy with both the defense and the attack, happy with the three points and with the football we showed in the first half. We\u2019ve only just begun the journey, every goal matters, and we\u2019ll need to stay focused ahead of Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Haifa 3-1 as the yellow-and-blue dominated the Israeli Classico to take the 3-points and keep their title hopes alive dropping the gap to first place Hapoel Beer Sheva to eight points. 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