It took Maccabi 11 minutes to create the first goal-scoring opportunity as Parfait Guiagon found Matan Hozez inside Antalyaspor’s penalty area with a cleaver pass but goalkeeper Alperen Uysal was quick to react.
A Joris van Overeem corner in the 22nd minute was headed by Enric Saborit straight at the keeper.
Right on the half hour mark Zahavi sent a delicate chip into the path of Saborit who was blocked by an Antalyaspor defender.
Four minutes later Luiz Adriano was sent clear through but Daniel Tenenbaum who started in Maccabi’s goal, charged out to prevent his fellow Brazilian countryman from scoring.
A Joris van Overeem cross from the left in the 42nd minute was headed by Hozez straight into the hands of Antalyaspor’s keeper Alperen Uysal.
Zahavi stole the ball on the edge of Antalyaspor’s penalty area on 43 but his shot struck a defender before Uysal managed to collect.
Two minutes later, Hozez kept on tormenting the Turkish defence down the left flank sent a square ball that reached Guiagon who saw his shot bounce off the post.
Inside injury time Maccabi took the lead after Hozez sent a cross from the left which was headed by Zahavi onto the far post before the ball struck Guray Vural to beat his own keeper.
Ivic made nine changes at the restart as only Tenenbaum and Yeini were the players to continue in the second half.
The hosts managed to get the ball in the back of Tenenbaum’s net on 53 after Maccabi’s keeper was beaten by a Gokdeniz Bayrakdar shot. But the linesman raised his flag for offside and Antalyaspor’s equalizer was disallowed.
Avi Rikan narrowly missed the top corner with a fierce drive in the 60th minute and Dan Biton had a shot of his own directed straight at the keeper a minute later.
In the 67th minute Maccabi almost doubled their lead as Biton fed Djordje Jovanovic whose square ball found Oscar Gloukh before his close range effort was saved by the keeper.
At the opposite end on 69 Tenenbaum kept his goal locked as he denied Ege Bilsel’s shot from inside the area.
The end to end action continued as Jovanovic and Rikan exchanged passes before Yonatan Cohen forced a save from the keeper. Jovanovic pounced on the rebound and slid the ball home but his effort was ruled out for offside.
In the 74th minute Antalyaspor were rewarded for their efforts as former Switzerland international Admir Mehmedi scored the equalizer with a fierce volley.
Gloukh restored Maccabi’s lead in the 81st minute as the 18-year-old received the ball from Biton inside Antalyaspor’s area, beat three defenders and fired a sharp shot which sealed the win at 2-1.
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Daniel Tenenbaum, Andre Geraldes (Gabi Kanichowsky 46), Shahar Piven (Idan Nachmias 46), Sheran Yeini, Enric Saborit (Ofir Davidzada 46), Matan Hozez (Yonatan Cohen 46), Dor Peretz (Avi Rikan 46), Joris van Overeem (Dan Biton 46), Parfait Guiagon (Eyal Golasa 46), Eran Zahavi (Oscar Gloukh 46), Dor Turgeman (Djordje Jovanovic 46).
