Maccabi Haifa moved to within just one win of wrapping up their third straight league title with a 3-1 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv. Gaby Kanichowsky gave the yellow-and-blue an early 1-0 lead but the greens drew even right before the break when Dolev Haziza found the back of the goal to head into halftime all knotted up at 1-1.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t take Dia Saba long to give the hosts the lead when he pounced on a 50th minute rebound to go up 2-1 while Saba played a part in the third marker when his attempt glanced off of Maccabi defender Andre Geraldes and behind Daniel Peretz as Barak Bachar\u2019s team wrapped up the victory.<\/p>\n
There are always heart-stopping moments but from the first minute we played really well,\u201d Bachar began following the game. \u201cWe created chances, many with a lineup specifically to do that. Every time we went with an attacking lineup we have won and I\u2019m happy that we were able to do that again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe scored first and had other opportunities to score as well,\u201d Maccabi coach Aitor Karanka said. \u201cOne mistake cost us a lot. We\u2019ve had a tough week with the loss here and in the State Cup but despite the defeat we fought until the end. We can\u2019t talk about this being a failure if the players gave everything they had.\u201d<\/p>\n
By the Port City, Hapoel Beer Sheva blanked Ashdod 1-0 thanks to Ramzi Safouri\u2019s 6th minute strike to give Elyaniv Barda\u2019s squad the 3-points.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a big win for us,\u201d Barda said following the game. \u201cWe went into this game without some players and our defensive line was made up of guys who had never played together. We even had to dress three youth players as a number of players were injured and will be out for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first quarter hour we looked like a team that was in trouble,\u201d Ashdod coach Ran Ben Shimon said. \u201cIt looked like our State Cup loss but then we locked in and played better than Beer Sheva. We controlled the ball and created chances but we just couldn\u2019t score.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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