The Greens, Maccabi Haifa, held yesterday (Saturday, 7/25/2026) at the "Sami Ofer" Stadium in Haifa the first intriguing and exciting Haifa derby and its first official game of the season as part of the first round of the group stage of the Toto Cup, in which the team coach's players hosted Barak Bacher The Reds, Hapoel Haifa. It should be noted that most of the stands at the "Sammy Ofer" field were painted green by Maccabi Haifa fans, 22,143 spectators in the stadium, with 21,258 green spectators for Maccabi Haifa and 885 red spectators for Hapoel Haifa.
The new-old acquisition, the goalkeeper Omri Glazer He stood between the posts for the first time in the goal of the Greens, Maccabi Haifa, while also wearing the captain's armband. In all 10 last Haifa derby games, Maccabi Haifa won 5 games, while the Reds, Hapoel Haifa, won 2 games, in 3 of the derby games these games ended in a draw. What kind of derby awaits us this time?
At the start of the first half, both teams tried to score but were unable to create any dangerous situations. As the minutes passed, Hapoel Haifa showed a beautiful game of foot-to-foot touches and took control of the pitch until, in the 30th minute, Hapoel Haifa's youngster scored. Yaad Gonen, The 20-year-old receives a beautiful ball in the center of the field, continues to advance and from outside the box, from 20 meters, kicks a bombshell between the posts, defeating the Greens' goalkeeper Glazer and making it 1:0 for the Reds, Hapoel Haifa!
The Reds continued to have complete control of the pitch and in the 33rd minute it was Mandy who received a ball and passed it into the box, and once again this time it was protector Who tries to score but the Greens player Noam Steifman Last touch of the ball, scores an own goal, 2:0 to Hapoel Haifa. The entire green crowd was stunned and shocked by Sammy Ofer and the teams went down for a break to rest in the locker rooms.
As the second half begins, the Greens coach Barak Bacher, performs 2 exchanges, קנג'י חורה Replaces the זוהר זסנו and also Guy Melamed Goes up to play and replaces Adam GrimbergMaccabi Haifa is trying to recover on the pitch, but without any dangerous situations, Maccabi Haifa is unable to do anything on the pitch.
In the 58th minute, a free kick was awarded to the Reds, a good situation, andAlon Turgeman He approaches the ball, kicks a powerful missile between the joints of the beams of Glazer, subdues him and makes it 3:0 to Hapoel Haifa. The fans in green continue to be shocked at "Sammy Ofer" and many of them are disappointed and are already making their way off the field.
After the third goal to Hapoel Haifa, the team looked very tired and weak on the pitch, until in the 51st minute. Barak Bacher Double substitution operation at Maccabi Haifa. Ali Muhammad Takes the place of Yarin Levy and also Yair Mordechai came out andברוניניו Entering his debut.
In the 75th minute איאד חלאילי A goal narrows the score and makes it 3:1 for Hapoel Haifa, a few minutes later in the 79th minute. Eitan Azulai The score continues to shrink, scoring and making it 3:2 to Hapoel Haifa, and this is also the final result of the Haifa derby game 3:2 to the Reds, Hapoel Haifa, full compliments to Hapoel Haifa.
