Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv drew 1:1 in the Derby at the Moshava Stadium. Chico Ofoedu scored for the Yellow & Blue in the first half while Emmanuel Boateng found the equalizer in the 88’. Itay Shechter was issued a red card in the 79’ reducing Maccabi to ten-men as the Reds took advantage of the extra player to split the points.
Head Coach Vladimir Ivic’s Starting XI included keeper Predrag Rajkovic, Eli Dasa, Shahar Piven, Sheran Yeini, Enric Saborit, Dor Peretz, Dan Glezer, Dor Micha, Omer Atzili, Yonatan Cohen, Chico Ofoedu.
Bench: Haviv Ohayon, Jair Amador, Maor Kandil, Avi Rikan, Ruslan Barsky, Eliran Atar, Itay Shechter.
First Half
After a quiet first ten minutes, Atzili’s chance was blocked by the the Red’s defense while Ahmed Abed’s attempt at the other end of the pitch missed the target. In the 21’ Atzili and Saborit’s give and go resulted in the latter skying the ball over the goal while a minute later Ramzi Safuri’s opportunity from long distance cleared the bar by Rajko’s goal.
In the 24’ Dasa gave Micha a terrific ball but the midfielder just missed the target and two minutes later Dasa’s through ball intended for Atzili was collected by Reds keeper Robi Levkovich. Roie Zikri had a huge chance for Hapoel in the 31’ minute but Saborit stopped the threat while a minute later Rajkovic made a tremendous save off an Edi Gotliv opportunity as Maccabi went downfield and scored to break the deadlock.
Atzili sent a long pass to Micha on the right side who crossed the ball to Cohen in the box but his attempt was collected by Ofoedu who pounded the ball by Levkovich from in close to give the Yellow & Blue a 1:0 lead.
Second Half
Zikri had the first chance of the half but his effort from 20 meters went out while three minutes later, Atzili’s cross to Glezer was headed over the bar. Safuri had a chance near the box, but Piven cleared the ball to safety in the 57’. Avi Rikan was inserted in favor of Cohen in the 60’ as Coach Ivic made his first substitution of the match.
Itay Shechter was introduced for goal scorer Ofoedu in the 74’ for Maccabi and a minute later Claudemir’s corner kick hit the bar as Hapoel came close to finding the equalizer. In the 77’ Peretz’s long distance attempt missed the target and two minutes later Shechter was shown red and Rikan received a yellow card for a gathering of the clan.
Claudemir’s 17 meter strike went wide of the goal in the 83’ but five minutes later Emmanuel Boateng’s shot beat Rajkovic as Hapoel found the equalizer, 1:1. Eliran Atar came on for Atzili in the 89’ and Claudemir’s attempt went out minute later.
