Or Dasa found the back of the goal for the first time in Yellow & Blue as the youngster helped Maccabi Tel Aviv to a 1:0 win over Hapoel Raanana away at the Netanya Stadium. Jordi Cruyff’s side picked up the important 3 points as the squad now goes on break for three weeks and returns to action against Slavia Prague in the Europa League on November 23rd before facing first place Hapoel Haifa on Sunday November 26th.
Jordi Cruyff’s Starting XI included keeper Predrag Rajikovic with a defensive quartet of Ofir Davidzada, Eitan Tibi, Jean-Sylvain Babin and Avi Rikan. Captain Sheran Yeini manned the midfield while Cristian Battocchio and Or Dasa were by his side while Omer Atzily, Eliran Atar and Vidar Kjartansson were on the attack.
Available on the bench were keeper Daniel Tenenbaum, Tal Ben Haim, Barak Itzhaki, Dor Micha, Dor Peretz, Nick Blackman and Aaron Schoenfeld
First Half
Raanana had the first chance of the match when Faucher’s attempt was stopped by Rajikovic in the 6’ but it would be Maccabi who would strike first in the 10’ via Or Dasa for his first goal, as the youngster put in Atar’s free kick rebound off the left post for a 1:0 lead.
Adi Nimni tried his luck from long distance for Raanana but his attempt went over the bar in the 20’ while 15 minutes later Nimni’s bicycle kick chance was brilliantly saved by Rajikovic. Nick Blackman came in for an injured Omer Atlizy in the 37’ as Nimni and Tibi each picked up yellow cards in the 40’ while one minute later Kjartansson almost scored off an Atar corner but the ball just whistled by the post. Vidar picked up a yellow card in the 42’ as the half came to an end with Maccabi maintaining a 1:0 lead.
Second Half
After a quiet quarter hour to open the half, Blackman and Atar each had chances to double the score but the Raanana keeper Kosicky was in place. Cruyff made his second substitute when he inserted Ben Haim in place of Yeini and moved to three central defenders.
In the 68’ Rikan’s attempt went over the goal while three minutes later Raanana’s Shukrani missed the target with his opportunity. Dor Micha came on for Vidar in the 75’ and 4 minutes later Faucher’s header missed Rajikovic’s post. In the 88’ Blackman’s chance in the box off a Dasa corner went over the bar as Maccabi wrapped up a 1:0 win to go into the break.
