The Champion's fruitful first half produced five goals, while Arbaitman scored three times, Katan and Refaelov completed
By Yitzhak Haberman
Haifa's wonderful performance in the first half ended in a high away win over Maccabi Ahi-Nazareth 5:0.
Even before the game there was no doubt that the Champion and leader will win, it was just a question of what will be the difference.
Even before the game there was no doubt that the Champion and leader will win, it was just a question of what will be the difference.
The answer was given on the eighth minute when Shlomi Arbaitman was caught by the local defender and the referee, Meir Levi, granted him a penalty kick that was kicked precisely by Arbaitman.
Six minutes later and Arbaitman raises his personal balance after Masilela came from the left, sent a width ball that was dropped by the goalie right at Haifa's scorers body who scored-2:0.
Six minutes later and Arbaitman raises his personal balance after Masilela came from the left, sent a width ball that was dropped by the goalie right at Haifa's scorers body who scored-2:0.
Haifa did not demonstrate fine soccer, but as opposed to the last two weeks when it missed tens of situations, this time each attack ended with a goal. Thus, on the 23rd minute Yaniv Katan took a free kick from a difficult angle and the ball after a long path landed in the net.
Arbaitman and his team did not settle down. Masilela, became the best assistant in the league, a rare phenomenon when speaking of a left defender, he passed to Haifa's highest scorer who scored for the third time and broke the Israeli soccer's nine years drought when no player could pass the twenty goals destination – 4:0 on the 34th minute and Haifa was looking for more and more goals.
The last one was scored two minutes to halftime (43) this time the Georgian scorer, Dvalishvili, lifted a ball towards Refaelov who headed the fifth one easily. This was Haifa's 2500 goal scored in the league so far.
The second half was for the protocol only. Nazareth tried to score an honor goal, Haifa did not try very hard and even so it could have added a goal or two, but eventually everyone left contented. Nazareth not so much, but considering the situation created, a bigger defeat was not far from them.
Haifa's lineup: Davidovitch, Meshumar, Teixeira, Keinan, Masilela, Boccoli (Culma), Kayal (Ghadir), Katan (Boukari), Refaelov, Arbaitman, Dvalishvili.
