{"id":610051,"date":"2026-09-08T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/610051\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:16:10","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-crushes-hapoel-beersheba-in-4-1-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/610051\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv crushes Hapoel Beersheba in 4-1 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maccabi Tel Aviv cruised past Hapoel Beersheba<\/a> 4-1 as Ester Sokler scored a brace in the win that saw the yellow-and-blue pick up their third victory in as many games to start the season.<\/p>\n

Helio Varela set the tone early with a screamer of a strike to give Maccabi<\/a> a 1-0 lead in the opening minute of play. Sokler scored his first of the match from the penalty spot to double the advantage while Eliel Peretz was sent off, leaving the hosts with 10-men.<\/p>\n

But right before the break, Amir Ganah pulled a goal back to cut the lead to 2-1 at halftime. Sokler found the back of the net again off a Varela cross, while Peretz added a marker as well to take the 4-1 win.<\/p>\n

Up next is the Tel Aviv derby next Monday night as Maccabi will be the hosts against Hapoel, which has a pair of wins and a draw thus far this campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cHapoel Beersheba<\/a> is a very good team, and we have to be at the top of our game against them. We started really well, and we took our chances early. We had to make sure that we stayed consistent, and when they went down to ten men, we took the eye off the ball, and I was disappointed and upset, but we made the changes that we needed to at halftime to make sure we picked up the pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HAPOELHAPOEL BEERSHEBA players celebrate after defeating Vikingur 2-0 to book a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and secure European league-stage soccer for the 2026\/27 season. (credit: YEHUDA HALICKMAN)Beersheba\u2019s Ran Kozuk looked back at the defeat<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just didn\u2019t show up, and we started poorly by giving up a goal that wasn\u2019t a Premier League goal. From there, Lucas Ventura was injured, and the snowball kept rolling; then we got a red card that reduced us to 10 men. Maccabi scored a penalty; we knew what type of game they wanted to play and what we wanted to do, and we did the exact opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Bloomfield Stadium, Hapoel Tel Aviv crushed Hapoel Ramat Gan 4-0 as the Reds scored all of the goals in the second half to take the win ahead of the derby.<\/p>\n

After a goalless first half, Elyaniv Barda scored a deluge of goals as Emmanuel Boateng broke the ice in the 57th minute, while Douglas Owusu scored a magnificent marker off a break down the right flank to double the advantage. An own goal by Dudu Twito made it 3-0, while captain Fernand Mayembo headed home the fourth goal with authority in second-half injury time to wrap up the blowout win.<\/p>\n

Elyaniv Barda said at the end of the game, \u201cEven though we didn\u2019t score, I think the first half was good as well, but we didn\u2019t know how to capitalize on our opportunities and score the first goal that would open the floodgates. Thankfully, in the second half, the chances were converted into goals. As for the Derby, I\u2019m not thinking about the next game; I just hope that we can continue playing at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramat Gan<\/a> coach Messay Dego added: \u201cNothing worked today. Defensively, we were very deep, which we haven\u2019t been in any game this year. It was very difficult to watch, especially in the first half. I told the players that we were lucky to get away with it. Every two or three passes, we lost the ball. There are days like this, but we cannot fall apart the way we did at the end. That is something I cannot simply let slide.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Galilee, Beitar Jerusalem slipped past Bnei Sakhnin 1-0 as Eugene Ansah scored the lone goal of the contest in the second half off of a corner kick to give Almog Cohen\u2019s charges their first win of the season after a pair of losses.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood feeling for sure,\u201d Cohen began. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t a great game. In the second half, we created more chances. For me, the most important thing was the desire and the fighting spirit. It\u2019s difficult to play quality football when you feel the pressure around you. As a coach, I tried to take that pressure off. Football is ultimately about enjoying yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating,\u201d Sakhnin coach Yossi Abukasis said. \u201cWhen you have a good first half, break through the pressure several times and create scoring opportunities, of course it\u2019s frustrating. Unfortunately, we made a mistake and lost the game. In football, at the end of the day, you\u2019re judged by the titles you win. What we were missing was sharpness in front of the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Haifa played to a 1-1 draw as Alon Turgeman scored in the first half to give the Carmel Reds the lead, but Matheus Davo\u2019s second-half penalty split the points at the Netanya Stadium.<\/p>\n

Diamond City squad coach Roni Levy spoke about the match, \u201cAt home, we always want to win and keep the momentum going. We faced an opponent who made things difficult for us. We fell behind because of an uncharacteristic mistake that shouldn\u2019t have happened. We managed to come back, and it was an even game. Our approach in the first half was rather passive. At the beginning of the game, we were still in control, but I think our approach was better in the second half, and we made some changes that helped us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haifa bench boss Haim Silvas also shared his thoughts, \u201cA huge missed opportunity. Usually, I\u2019m very measured, but I feel like we missed a great chance. We played a great game. Although we didn\u2019t start the second half well, we created chances to win. We controlled the game both with and without the ball. It\u2019s a shame we weren\u2019t more clinical. What we were missing was that final touch to turn the game in our favor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv cruised past Hapoel Beersheba 4-1 as Ester Sokler scored a brace in the win that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[100466,85,46,107,34257,19711,105],"class_list":["post-610051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-hapoel-beersheba","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israeli-sports","tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610051","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=610051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}