There were years when the Malavas derby between Maccabi and Hapoel Petah Tikva was considered one of the most interesting games in Israeli football.
Tonight (Monday) the two teams from the mother colonies met to play the 1st game between them this season, this after Maccabi was relegated to the National League at the end of the previous season.
After a few weeks that Shai Barda and his players still hoped to get back to the Premier League because of the Beitar Jerusalem saga, they played their first official game as part of the Toto Cup. Happily for them, even when their minds were not so much on football in the last week, they ended the evening once again with the upper hand Against the city rival.
In the 45th minute, Maccabi went up 0:1.
Omar Fedida picked up a free kick from the right side, Idan Toklomati went up for a shot and scored the first for the hosts.
In the 63rd minute came the tie.
Roi Zikri with a great move proved how much talent he has and found Yordan Cohen who scored and dedicated the goal to the memory of MS Kfar Kasem player, Almagdad Bedavi, who was killed in a car accident last week.
In the 90th minute, Maccabi's winning goal came when Shalu Daniel took advantage of the free kick from 11 meters that his team received and scored without a problem.
Hapoel PT fans. Disappointing evening, photo: Udi Tsitiat
Cohen celebrates the temporary equality, this evening, photo: Udi Tsitiat
As always, there were also conflicts, photo: Udi Tsitiat
Daniel celebrates the victory goal, tonight in the colony, photo: Udi Tsitiat
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