Maccabi Tel Aviv routs Hapoel Haifa in six-goal home display
TEL AVIV, Israel (Interstat) — Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Haifa 6-2 on Saturday at Bloomfield Stadium, using five second-half goals to pull away after a tight first half. Elad Madmon opened the scoring in the 15th minute before Arial Mendy leveled for Hapoel Haifa in the 38th. Mohamed Camara scored twice for Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Sagiv Yehezkel, Dor Peretz and Itamar Noy also found the net. Alon Turgeman added Hapoel Haifa’s second goal. Maccabi Tel Aviv scored at 56, 58, 62, 82 and 88 minutes in the second half. Camara, Yehezkel, Itamar Noy, Dor Peretz and Madmon keyed the attack, while N. Ben Harush, James Tavernier, George Diba, Osher Davida and Ido Shahar contributed assists. Yellow cards went to Hapoel Haifa’s I. Kricak and L. Rotman and Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Yehezkel and Camara. Maccabi Tel Aviv improved to 1-0-2 in the competition and across all competitions. Hapoel Haifa dropped to 1-2 in the competition and overall.