{"id":296752,"date":"2026-02-18T04:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/296752\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:06:15","slug":"hapoel-tel-aviv-maccabi-haifa-beersheba-secure-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/296752\/","title":{"rendered":"Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Beersheba secure wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 3-1 as Stav Turiel scored a first-half brace to lead the Reds to all three points in Israel Premier League action.<\/p>\n

After nearly 45 minutes of scoreless soccer<\/a>, Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/a> broke through when Turiel converted a penalty after Loizos Loizou was pulled down in the box. Turiel doubled the advantage before halftime when Marcus Coco\u2019s throw-in was headed by Andrian Kraev into his path, and he nodded the ball past the Jerusalem \u2019keeper for a 2-0 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

Marko Rakonjac cut the deficit with a powerful finish past Asaf Tzur, but Emmanuel Boateng scored his first goal for the hosts to restore the two-goal cushion and seal the win.<\/p>\n

Hapoel Tel Aviv head coach Elyaniv Barda said: \u201cWe could have decided the match earlier as we scored two goals that opened up the game. We controlled it, moved the ball around, weren\u2019t patient enough and played long balls too early and still we scored two beautiful goals. In the second half we conceded from a set piece to make it 2-1, which put us under a bit of pressure, but with the crowd pushing us on, Friday afternoon, 25,000 fans, that\u2019s the football experience<\/a>. It\u2019s a great pleasure and a huge privilege to coach here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hapoel Jerusalem coach Ziv Arie added: \u201cThe game was going in the direction we wanted, but we conceded two quick goals that disrupted it. We managed to come back, but it\u2019s a loss and we move on. We didn\u2019t create too many chances. We\u2019ll move on to the next match.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HAPOELHAPOEL BEERSHEBA\u2019S Igor Zlatanovic (front) celebrates after scoring the Reds\u2019 first goal in their 2-1 victory over Beitar Jerusalem this week at Turner Stadium. (credit: YEHUDA HALICKMAN)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hapoel Beersheba edged Ashdod SC 2-1 to remain in first place.<\/p>\n

Guy Mizrachi gave the Southern Reds a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute, but Eugene Ansah equalized less than 10 minutes later. Kings Kangwa scored the winner in the second half, intercepting a poor clearance, dribbling forward and blasting the ball into the net.<\/p>\n

Beersheba coach Ron Kozuk said: \u201cWe spoke about how tough this match was going to be and we weren\u2019t able to do what we had wanted to in this game. It\u2019s not easy to win at this stadium and so many teams have lost points here, so we aren\u2019t taking it for granted. There is a hunger in this team because of what we were able to achieve last season when we came up short in the championship race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashdod coach Avi Avinu lamented the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very disappointed because we had so many chances against a team like Beersheba<\/a> and we weren\u2019t able to take advantage of them. We moved the ball well and we had a very good game plan which we worked on all week long. It\u2019s disappointing to come up short and now we have to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former hostage honored at by Beitar, Maccabi<\/p>\n

Also, Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv played to a 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n

Beitar controlled much of the match but failed to convert its chances. The result leaves Beitar six points behind leader Beersheba while Maccabi Tel Aviv sits in fourth place behind Hapoel Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

Before kickoff, former hostage Elkana Bohbot, who was held by Hamas in Gaza for 738 days, was honored on the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cStanding here today is a moment that brings me back home,\u201d Bohbot said. \u201cI grew up in Jerusalem, on its streets and with the intensity that exists here. I remember myself as a child coming to the games. I grew up in the stands and I would ask my father to buy me an Eli Ohana jersey, whom I still admire to this day. Beitar Jerusalem for me is part of my heart, part of my identity, it\u2019s beyond love.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the match, Beitar coach Barak Itzhaki said: \u201cWe are disappointed not to take the three points. We were the better team by far than Maccabi Tel Aviv. It\u2019s too bad and it\u2019s disappointing and now we have to look ahead. Maccabi is a very strong team and we were able to really play our game and we created chances, which gives me a lot of positives to look at. We\u2019ve played well the last couple of games and we also changed the way we played to adapt to the clash at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Ronny Deila said: \u201cI\u2019m not satisfied and we needed to match the intensity and we didn\u2019t do that. This was a good test and it gave us a lot of answers. This was the most difficult game that I\u2019ve had since coming to Maccabi. The question is what we can learn from this result, but I\u2019m happy with the point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maccabi Haifa defeated Bnei Sakhnin 4-0, with Manuel Benson assisting twice.<\/p>\n

Lisav Eissat headed home a Benson corner in the fifth minute, and Cedric Don added a second goal 15 minutes later. Michael Ohana scored before halftime, and Guy Melamed completed the rout in the second half.<\/p>\n

Haifa coach Barak Bachar said: \u201cWe deserve to smile after this game and following a tough game last week. We scored an early goal, which helped us, and from there the game flowed as the attacks kept coming, plus the crowd enjoyed it. We\u2019re constantly pushing for more even when we\u2019re leading.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hapoel Haifa edged Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-0 thanks to a 17th-minute goal by Alon Turgeman, who recently returned for his third stint with the Carmel Reds.<\/p>\n

Haifa coach Haim Silvas said: \u201cIt\u2019s a very sweet victory. We came up against a team in good form and it was clear we\u2019d have to raise our level. It definitely wasn\u2019t going to be a brilliant game, but rather one where teamwork and determination would come into play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kiryat Shmona and Ironi Tiberias drew 2-2.<\/p>\n

Nemanja Ljubisavljevic scored early for Kiryat Shmona, but Guy Hadida equalized with a long-range strike. Yair Mordechai restored the lead from the penalty spot before halftime, and Stanislav Bilenkyi leveled the score in the second half.<\/p>\n

Finally, Maccabi Netanya defeated Maccabi Bnei Reineh 4-0, scoring all four goals in the first half.<\/p>\n

Rotem Keller opened the scoring in the first minute, Oz Bilu doubled the lead, Matheus Davo added a third and Bakary Konate scored his first for Netanya from a free kick. Following the match, Reineh and head coach Adham Hadiya parted ways.<\/p>\n

See more Israeli sports coverage at www.sportsrabbi.com\/en<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 3-1 as Stav Turiel scored a first-half brace to lead the Reds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[98085,34258,58759,85,46,34257,19711,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-296752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-beitar-jerusalem","9":"tag-hapoel-jerusalem","10":"tag-hapoel-tel-aviv","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}