The host, who arrived in excellent shape, dominated even before the expulsion. After the red it did take some time for her to get organized and Anan Halaili almost stung, but Niv Eliasi in a quiet and confident game between the posts prevented him from scoring in the 36th minute. After several attempts from distance, Hapoel Beer Sheva’s goal came, of course, in a stationary state. Antonio Sefer kicked a free kick that went between everyone and surprised Sharif Kiuf who reacted poorly and surrendered in the league for the first time after 471 minutes. Sixth league goal for the Romanian midfielder, the outstanding player in the Reds’ current run.
The nerves affected the Maccabi Haifa players, but Halaili managed to create more situations and Lior Rafalov almost equalized, but Eliassi stopped him too in the 65th minute. Beer Sheva focused on the outburst and managed to double its advantage thanks to the substitute Amir Ganach, who ran to Lior Kasa after three minutes on the field and kicked a ball that the left defender Helder Lopes hit in when he was near the right post. Tomer Hamed, who received flowers and a picture from Alona Barkat before the game, managed to shrink against the former in the 89th minute, but the guest did not use the pressure in extra time to equalize, although they did not really play in light of injuries to Andre Foucault and Eliasi.
Beer Sheva will try to extend its impressive streak on Saturday in Sakhnin, while Maccabi Haifa, which stopped after 16 games without a loss and was defeated in total for the second time this season in the league, will have a few days of rest and host Maccabi Tel Aviv on Monday, trying to narrow the gap back to one point.