Only in Israel: the great performances of guest players at the European Cups in Israel
Figo's debut goals in the Barcelona uniform in Wesermil, Shearer's last hat trick, Müller's magical evening in Ramat Gan, Quaresma's perfect duo and the "fisherman" who found sea in Jerusalem.
We returned to the shows provided here by guest players against Israeli teams in the European Cups.
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Tomer Yitzhak
14/09/2022
Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 12:00
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Summary of Hapoel Beer Sheva's 4:2 against Bayer Leverkusen (Sport 1)
This time it is not an exhibition game and not even the French Super Cup.
Big money is involved of course, but this event was not initiated by a philanthropist nor by any production company.
A month and a half after they starred in Bloomfield, Lionel Messi and Neymar will take to the grass in Haifa this evening (Wednesday) as part of the group stage of the Champions League, this time also reinforced by Kylian Mbappe, and each of them can provide an unforgettable evening here at the expense of the Israeli champion Maccabi Haifa.
In their honor, we returned to previous cases of individual performances that were here as part of the various European Cups.
The threshold conditions: only teams (not selected) and only in Israel (unfortunately for Alan Smith from Leeds, whose only quadruple in his life he scored for the Hapoel Tel Aviv network that had to host in 2002 in Florence).
starting
Louis Figo in Wassermill
Luis Figo in a Barcelona uniform in Wesermill against Shlomo Iloz, Hapoel Be'er Sheva player, September 1995 (Photo: GettyImages, SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP)
In uniform:
Barcelona
against:
Hapoel Beer Sheva
Frame:
UEFA Cup, first round
Time:
September 1995
Post the Dream-Team era, but still with Johan Cruyff on the lines, the great Barcelona came to the old stadium in the Negev capital to meet Vico Haddad's team.
The players went up to warm up with the song "Praise of Jerusalem" playing on the loudspeakers, the country's president Ezer Weizman arrived in an armored car to the bench area just to shake hands with the legendary Cruyff and everyone enjoyed the presentation of the Catalans.
Ivan de la Peña found the net with a tremendous free ball, scored twice and managed things on the way to an easy 0:7, Roger Garcia was the leading scorer with a hat trick, including one prepared for him by his brother Oscar who himself scored the third, but the most memorable star of the game He is Luis Figo.
The Portuguese, Barcelona's new number 7, arrived that summer from Sporting Lisbon and in the 65th minute in Wesermil celebrated his debut goal in the Barça uniform, with a right-handed bomb for connections from 25 meters.
Towards the end he completed a pair after a triple pass with Oscar and after the game he was praised by Cruyff.
28 goals were for Figo in the various European Cups,
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Ronar Berg in Teddy
Ronar Berg in a Budo Glimt uniform (Photo: GettyImages, MUSTAFA OZER/AFP)
Uniform:
Boudoir Glimt
against:
Beitar Jerusalem
Frame:
UEFA Cup Qualifiers
Time:
August 1996
Even though they beat Sampdoria 2:3 in Oslo two years before, Budo Glimt was defined as a "fishing team" here.
Beitar Jerusalem expected to travel against the Norwegians, certainly in Teddy, but Ronar Berg had other plans. The midfielder of the Norwegian national team started alongside his brother Orian, opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, making it 1:3 in the 51st minute in response to a goal from Sergey Tertiak and after another five minutes already completed a personal trio, when Budo Glimt celebrated its first away victory in a European framework - 1:5 over Eli Cohen's team. Beitar introduced Yossi Abouxis, Ishtoven Pishont, Itzik Zohar, Ronen Harzi and Eli Ohana in the lineup, but Was humiliated in Jerusalem and then lost 2:1 also in the return match outside.
Berg, probably the lesser-known name on this list, has spawned the game at Teddy forever.
It was his only hat-trick in a long career that spanned 23 years.
Alan Shearer in Ramat Gan
Alan Shearer in Newcastle uniform, 2004 (Photo: GettyImages, Ben Radford)
Uniform:
Newcastle
against:
Bnei Sakhnin
Frame:
UEFA Cup, first round
Time:
September 2004
Newcastle was afraid to come to Israel, which at the time went on the "Days of Atonement" operation in the Gaza Strip, but was no less repulsed by the tough style of Bnei Sakhnin. "They came to break and mow down "Us," blamed manager Graham Sones after the Magpies won 0:2 at home, but he nevertheless risked his stars when he went into a rematch with Alan Shearer in the attack alongside Patrick Kluivert, the scorer of the pair in the first game. The Dutchman repeated his performance at the Ramat Gan Stadium, but the The limelight against Alan Masudi's temporary equalizer caught Shearer, who was already in the twilight of his career. The English scorer restored the advantage in the 38th minute, beat Meir Cohen from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute and Kenin celebrated the third after a preparation by the young substitute James Milner and made 1 : 5 in the final minute. The last hat trick in his glorious career was here for us.
Arda Turan in Bloomfield
Arda Turan player of Galatasaray over Almog Cohen player of Maccabi Netanya, July 2009 (Photo: GettyImages, JACK GUEZ/AFP)
Uniform:
Galatasaray
against:
Maccabi Netanya
Frame:
European League, third qualifying round
Time:
July 2009
With the opening of Galatasaray's training in the summer of 2009, the club decided to turn the prince into a king.
Arda Turan, the favorite home player, not only received the prestigious number 10 shirt but was also appointed at the age of 22 as the captain of the new coach Frank Rijkaard.
The road began with a faltering jump over the Kazakh Tobol in the second qualifying round, then came the visit to Bloomfield.
Maccabi Netanya stunned with a shot by Della Yampolski in the 24th minute, but the number 10 in white responded with a corner straight to the head of the Can Balte who equalized six minutes later.
Harry Kewell completed the turnaround and Arda created two good situations for himself that Daniel Lifshitz stopped, juggled with heels and then returned to cook.
First with a smart ball to the defender Sabri Seriolo who bombed in (53) then with a lift to the right of Milan Baroche's head (73).
1:4 to Gala, three assists to Arda.
From there he already took off for Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, and this week he officially retired.
Thomas Muller in Ramat Gan
Bayern Munich player Thomas Muller scores against Maccabi Haifa (Photo: GettyImages, David Silverman)
Uniform:
Bayern Munich
against:
Maccabi Haifa
Frame:
Champions League, group stage
Time:
September 2009
When Maccabi Haifa fans arrived at the Ramat Gan Stadium and got to know the Bayern Munich line-up in the opening round of Group A, they were happy to hear that the threatening Mario Gomez remained on the bench.
Thomas Müller, a young home player who celebrated 20 two days before - a day after scoring a brace as a substitute in the impressive 1:5 in Dortmund, started in his place.
It was Muller's debut for Bayern in the Champions League, and he overshadowed Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and future world champions Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
The Belgian stopper Daniel van Buiten broke the barrier for the Bavarians in the 64th minute and then cleared the stage for Müller, who in the 85th minute kicked in from 16 meters and was helped by a slight deflection by Gustavo Boccoli and after three minutes enjoyed the preparation of the substitute Gomez and made 0:3 with the second His.
13 years have passed and Müller still stands as a solid rock in the 11 of the German champions.
Ricardo Quaresma in Bloomfield
Roberto Colautti, a Maccabi Tel Aviv player, against Ricardo Quaresma, a Besiktas player (Photo: Bernie Ardov)
Match :
Besiktas
against:
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Setting:
European League, group stage
Time:
December 2011
He grew up in Sporting Lisbon's prestigious academy alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, a year and a half younger than him, was considered the more promising talent of the two and arrived ahead of his Portugal team-mate, but Ricardo Quaresma never came close to reaching his immense potential.
After disappointments in Barcelona, Inter and Chelsea, he landed in the first term in Besiktas and together with them met Maccabi Tel Aviv in the home of the European League.
Quaresma showed both sides of him in Bloomfield: in the 15th minute he was saved from being sent off when he only received a yellow card for a hit without the ball on Guijermo Israelevich, and in the added time of the first half he tore apart Barak Levy's net with a tremendous volley from 14 meters.
The Turks went up 0:2, Sharan Yeni with a close range scissors and the substitute Moshe Logsi with a wonderful left from 22 meters took care of the tie, but Quaresma had one more rabbit to pull out of the hat.
In the second minute of added time, the Portuguese went past Roberto Pončec, misled Eli Zizov, was not intimidated by Logsi's slide and faced Nivaldo with a strong kick into the net to give Beşiktaş 2:
Juliano in Netanya
Juliano, a Zenit St. Petersburg player, against Eli Dassa, a Maccabi Tel Aviv player, September 2016 (Photo: GettyImages, JACK GUEZ/AFP)
Uniform:
Zenit St. Petersburg
vs.:
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Frame:
European League, group stage
Time:
September 2016
Mircea Lucescu, one of the oldest coaches in Europe and who has seen a thing or two in football during his life, admitted after the huge drama in Netanya: "I have not been involved in a game like this in my entire career."
In the 70th minute, when Harris Medonianin made a free kick in the Zenit net and put Maccabi Tel Aviv up 0:3, it looked like one of the biggest victories of an Israeli team in a European framework.
But there was one in Zenit who did not raise his hands.
His name is Juliano.
The Brazilian playmaker jumped towards Alexander Kokurin who hit in the 76th minute, set up a controversial free kick from outside the box for Mauricio in the 84th minute, pushed for the equalizer in the 88th minute and in added time found the head of the substitute Luka Djordjevic who became 3:4 amazing.
A goal and three assists in fifteen minutes, in a performance that helped him get on the wave and also return to the Brazilian team.
Florian Wirtz at Petah Tikva
Bayer Leverkusen player Florian Wirtz (photo: Danny Maron)
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In uniform:
Bayer Leverkusen
against:
Hapoel Beer Sheva
Frame:
European League, group stage
Time:
November 2020
Corona days.
There are masks, there is social distancing, there is no audience and not even a house, because Turner is closed due to defects in the roof.
Then Hapoel Beer Sheva hosted the Europa League games in Petah Tikva and Elton Akultsa signed the revolution with a great pair, but the man of the match was a 17 and a half year old boy named Florian Wirtz who then took his first steps as a Bundesliga hit.
After cooking in the fifth minute for Leon Bailey and creating three more safe situations for his teammates, the excellent Wirtz closed the deal with 2:4 in the 88th minute.
A goal and an assist for the first time in which he completed 90 minutes in a European setting, in a performance in which he looked at least a level above the other Leverkusen players.
A day will come and we will refer to that evening at Petah Tikva exactly as we remember Mueller's game against Maccabi Haifa.
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