Maccabi Haifa surrendered 4:3 to Fiorentina

Kinda outstanding actor, score: 7
In defense and attack the midfielder was constantly on the move and scored a goal in a great move. Excellent performance, the disappointing actor Manuel Capumana, score: 5
Controlled the game from the middle in the first half, but faded in the second half and committed an unnecessary foul that earned him a second yellow card. Too bad

Football plays 90 minutes. This is a rule that every child knows and one of the famous phrases in the industry. Maccabi Haifa already thought this evening (Thursday) that they managed to record a good result against Fiorentina in the first game of the round of 16 of the Conference League and that they would go to the rematch in Florence with a draw, but the champion found out that the 90 minutes had extra time, where they conceded and surrendered 4:3 to the Italian team in the game “My home” in Budapest, Hungary.

You might call them naive, you might be upset about the goal in the disappointing minute, but in the end the Maccabi Haifa players showed great ability against a big club from Italy and did not fall from the team which is after all the runner-up of the factory owner. Masai Dago’s players managed to reverse a deficit and take the lead twice in the game, but the fatigue was the one that decided in the end and the national champion will arrive in Florence with a goal behind.

The game actually started in a very bad way for Maccabi Haifa. In less than two minutes after the opening whistle, Michael Kayode set up from the right side of the box and M’Bala Nzula shot from close range into the left corner and into the net. After the confusion in the opening minutes, Masai Degu’s players managed to get into the game and in the 12th minute they equalized. Gadi Kinda collected a corner kick from the right wing, Lorenzo Shimich continued to touch the center of the box and Abdulai Sak kicked into the net from close range.

The greens slowly took control of the game and got into excellent situations, while the visitors were unable to threaten Sharif Kiuf’s goal. In the 26th minute, Franzi Pierro made a big miss when he was sent one-on-one on the right side of the box and kicked the goalkeeper who headed to the corner. Three minutes later, Ali Muhammad with a great pass found Gadi Kinda, who with a great turn on his keeper was left in front of the goalkeeper alone and with a sharp kick to the far corner completed the amazing turnaround.

The first half ended without any dangerous situations and so did the second half. After his 12 minutes free of threats, Lucas Beltran broke into the box and kicked accurately to the right corner of Kioff, who again stood and reacted poorly and surrendered. The Italians got into two great situations and were close to turning it around, but that’s when they conceded when Anan Halaili with a great individual performance put the greens ahead in the 67th minute.

Dego’s players went back and tried to keep the score, while the Italians attacked with fury. In the 73rd minute Rolando Mandragora continued the rain of goals and equalized at the end of a great move by the guest, when seven minutes later Shaw received a second yellow and left his team with 10 players. The greens were hoping to get a prestigious and huge draw, but Antonin Brak had his own plans and he made it 3:4 mighty for Fiorentina with a great goal in the last minute of added time.

Maccabi Haifa will return to Israel and play an away game against Maccabi Bnei Reina this Sunday at 20:00, after which they will fly to Italy for the return match that will be held on Thursday at 19:45 in Florence. On the other hand, Fiorentina records a streak of four games without a loss and on Sunday at 21:45 they hope to extend it when they meet Roma in the 28th round of the Italian league.

second half

• ’90+7

• The referee blew his whistle to finish. Maccabi Haifa surrendered 4:3 to Fiorentina in the first game of the round of 16

Broke the hearts of the greens. Antonin Barak (Reuters) Fiorentina celebrates the fourth (Reuters)

• ’90+5

• Gate. Fiorentina went up 3:4 over Maccabi Haifa: what a shame. Bonaventura sent a pass from the left wing to Barak who was waiting on the edge of the box, the latter dribbled a little and kicked with his left foot into the upper net

• ’87

• Nikola Milankovic received a yellow card

Lorenzo Shimich (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Maccabi Haifa and Fiorentina players (Reuters)

• ’87

• Substitution of the Italians: Ricardo Sutil came in for Yonatan Iacuna

• ’85

• Another replacement for Dago: Sof Podgorano replaced Anan Halaili

Anan Halaili and Pierre Corneau (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Show (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa)

• ’84

• Michael Kayode tripped Piero and received a yellow card

• ’81

• Another substitution for the Italians: Antonin Barak replaced Mandragora

• ’80

• Red for the show! Maccabi Haifa remained with 10 players: the midfielder failed Bonaventura and saw the second yellow card

• ’74

• Dego’s replacement as well: Danil Lesvoi replaced Kinda

Sharif Kiuf (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Maccabi Haifa and Fiorentina players (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa official website)

• ’74

• Andrea Bellotti replaced Nezola

• ’74

• Double substitution of the Italians: Giacomo Bonaventura replaced Duncan

Fiorentina players celebrate (Reuters) Fiorentina players celebrate the 3:3 (Reuters)

• ’73

• Gate. Fiortina equalized 3:3: at the end of a great move by the guest, Biragi sent a cross from the right wing to the center of the box, Rolando Mandragora was left completely free and with a sharp kick to the right corner equalized the result

• ’69

• Show SFG Yellow and miss the next game of the Greens

Maccabi Haifa players celebrate with Anan Halaili (Reuters) Halaili celebrates the goal (Reuters) Anan Halaili after the goal (Reuters)

• ’67

• Gate! Maccabi Haifa took the lead 2:3 over Fiorentina: an amazing goal. Piero hit a long ball towards Halaili, who broke into the box from the right wing and with a sharp kick to the far corner found the net

• ’65

• Goni Naor took the place of Ali Muhammad

• ’65

• A double change in the green ranks: Ilai Feingold took the place of Kendil

Franzi Piero and Nikola Milankovic (Reuters) Lucas Beltran with Kinda and Mohamed (Reuters)

• ’64

• Another excellent situation for the Italians. Icona was left free on the right side of the box and kicked a flat shot towards the near corner, Kief reacted well and caught

• ’61

• Duncan was left free on the right side of the box and tried to turn to the far corner, the top corner

Nicolas Gonzalez and Lucas Beltran celebrating (Reuters) Lucas Beltran celebrating (Reuters) Lucas Beltran going crazy (Reuters)

• ’57

• Gate. Fiorentina equalized at 2:2: Nezola gave Beltran a break into the box, the latter kicked to the right corner of the goal and defeated Kiouf who jumped badly

• ’53

• Halaili left Piero alone in front of an open goal in the center of the area and the striker missed, luckily the linesman raised a flag to separate

first half

Rami Gershon in front of the Fiorentina defense (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Franzi Pierro and Nikola Milankovic (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa)

• ’45+2

• Gonzalez rose to the ball raised from the right side of the box and hit from close range over the frame

• ’33

• Tremendous miss by Piero! Halaili with a great pass found the striker completely free about seven meters from the goal, but Piero delayed with the ball and the Fiorentina defense had time to close

Gadi Kinda celebrates (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Gadi Kinda celebrates (Reuters) Maccabi Haifa players celebrate Gadi Kinda’s goal (Reuters) Gadi Kinda and Ali Muhammad celebrate (Reuters) Gadi Kinda conquers (Reuters)

• ’29

• Gate! Maccabi Haifa made it 1:2 against Fiorentina: an amazing move. Mohamed gave a deep ball to Kinda, who turned around his keeper and one on one kicked into the left corner

Anan Halaili runs (Reuters) Lorenzo Shimich and M’Bala Nzola in the fight (Reuters)

• ’26

• Piero’s big miss! The Maccabi Haifa striker was sent a deep ball to a one-on-one on the right side of the box and kicked towards the near corner, Traciano stood in the right place and headed to the corner

• ’22

• The pace dropped after the stormy opening. Both teams try to move the ball and have trouble creating chances

Abdulai Sak celebrates (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Crazy show (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Abdulai Sak is kept in the corner (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa)

• ’12

• Gate! Maccabi Haifa equalized 1:1 against Fiorentina: Kinda collected a corner from the right wing towards the near corner and Shimich continued to touch the center of the box, where Sek was waiting and kicked from close to the net

Franzi Piero and Nikola Milankovic (Reuters) Michael Kayoda (Reuters)

• ’10

• Mohamed tripped Gonzalez from behind and saw the first yellow of the game

• ‘7

• Kinda told Halaili that Makrob kicked with a touch outside the box, luckily the linesman raised a flag for the difference of the connection

Lucas Beltran celebrates (Reuters)

• ‘2

• Gate. Fiorentina took the lead 0:1: Kayoda received the ball on the right side of the box and lifted it to the center, M’Bala Nezola rushed to the left corner and Koff, who reacted late, surrendered

• ‘1

• The head referee, Dontas Romsas, kicked off the match!

Maccabi Haifa players in the group photo (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Christian Biragi and Rami Gershon (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Maccabi Haifa players warming up (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa) Sharif Kiyof warming up (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa)