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"We returned from Haifa with our faces in our hands," wrote Yuval Banai and helped commemorate one of the most famous games in the history of the Israeli soccer league.
On February 26, 1994, exactly 30 years ago, Maccabi Haifa beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:5.
An unforgettable victory in an unforgettable season.
Eyal Berkovich scored the first and scored two later, Alon Mizrahi and Reuven Atar made it 0:3 until halftime and before the end Ivan Gatsko and Moshe Glam added two more balls to Alexander Obarov's net.
Yitzhak ben Yitzhak did not wait for the clock to complete 90 minutes and whistled for the end a little before, redeeming Maccabi Tel Aviv in an action that illustrated the magnitude of the humiliation.
It was the game of the season and the main event, but on that Saturday, February 26, 1994 - exactly 30 years ago - several other things happened in the world of football.
They both won.
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*** Barcelona B, then in the minor league, defeated Cadiz 0:6 in the 26th round.
Jordi Cruyff scored his first career double in the 6th and 50th minutes, Oscar Garcia started and played 63 minutes.
*** Cruyff the father, Johan of course, led Barcelona to a 0:3 win over Deportivo La Coruna in this season's match in Spain, with the goals scored by Hristo Stoichkov, Romario and Michael Laudrup.
Defour led the table, but this match was the first of four straight without a win.
She lost the top and Barcelona won the championship.
*** Moti Kakun scored a pair and Carmelo Mishish scored twice, as Hapoel Petah Tikva defeated Maccabi Herzliya 0:3.
The French received a score of 7 in both "Maariv" and "Yediot Ahronoth", where the headline was "from Carmelo's French kitchen".
*** Damien Lukashik celebrated his 30th birthday, less than 24 hours after he lost with Hapoel Tel Aviv 3:2 to Zafarir Holon of Eli Gutman.
Ofer Mizrahi won with a hat trick (including two penalties).
David Harshlikovich, then in Zafaririm's uniform and against his brother Gal who played in red, was sent off towards the end.
*** Bayern Munich defeated the surprising Duisburg 0:4 in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga and passed them at the top.
It was the first time in that season that Bayern rose to first place.
She didn't get off it until she won the championship.
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*** Paul Ince scored in the 87th minute, making it 2:2 away against West Ham and preventing Manchester United from a second league loss that season.
It was the Red Devils' 22nd consecutive Premier League game without a loss.
In the next round they surrendered 1:0 to Chelsea, but of course this did not prevent them from a second championship in a row.
*** In the "Saturday game", Meir Einstein apologized to the viewers for the fact that the summary of the victory of Maccabi Netanya 2:3 over Ironi Ashdod started with a situation of 0:2 for Netanya.
Igor Shekvirin and Sloboden Drapich scored in the opening minutes and they did not wait for the camera crew that arrived late because they were busy covering the massacre of the Cave of the Patriarchs.
Shalom Tikva by the way, scored two goals in the same game.
*** The newspapers in France complimented the "young Israeli midfielder who was one of the best in the game" - Tal Benin who the day before scored in Cannes' 2:2 draw against Lyon away.
Luis Fernandez coached Caen with his great French teammate, Jean Tigana, on the lines.
Gabor Marton started for Benin and received a red card in the 71st minute.
*** Gareth Southgate scored for Crystal Palace in their 1:1 draw against Bolton in the English Sub-League.
The current coach of the England national team rose with Palace to the Premier League at the end of that season.
*** In Serie A in Italy they did not play on that day, but in Serie B they did.
Fiorentina was missing top scorer Gabriel Batistuta, but beat Padova 0:2 despite Stefan Eppenberg's missed penalty.
Claudio Ranieri led the Viola to easy promotion that season.
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