As part of the group stage matches in the second round of the Toto Cup, the Greens, Maccabi Haifa, hosted Hapoel Kiryat Shmona at the Miriam Stadium in Netanya on Tuesday (28/7/2026). This is Maccabi Haifa's second match after its disappointing start, as it was recalled that it lost the derby match against Hapoel Haifa 3:2 at the end of the week (Saturday).
When the game started, it was actually the Kiryat Shmona players who showed control on the pitch and already in the 7th minute it was former Maccabi Haifa youth player, Niv Gabay, who passed a player, approached Glazer's goal, kicked the goal, the ball went between Glazer's legs, subdued him and made it 1:0 to Kiryat Shmona. Goalkeeper Glazer was seriously injured in his knee after his teammate, Tsunami, hit him and he went down the pitch crying bitterly and was evacuated by MDA forces to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, for an MRI scan that will be performed on him in the morning and only then will the severity of his injury become clear, let's hope for good news!
After scoring the goal, Kiryat Shmona continued to control the game and in the 23rd minute, Amadou Sagan, from Kiryat Shmona, scored against an empty net, making it 2:0 for Kiryat Shmona, and the loud cheering of the Maccabi Haifa fans turned into shrill boos. Haifa is extremely weak!
In the 33rd minute, Kiryat Shmona continues to stun Maccabi Haifa. Sharetzky takes advantage of a mistake by Ratner in the box and from 20 meters kicks a powerful missile into the goal, defeating Elwin, the replacement for goalkeeper Glazer. Maccabi Haifa is in a huge shock! Kiryat Shmona does what it wants on the pitch. And the teams go down to rest for a break in the locker rooms. It seems as if only one team is playing on the pitch, and that is Kiryat Shmona, who puts on a huge show.
At the start of the second half, Maccabi Haifa recovered somewhat, but without any risk to Kiryat Shmona's goal, and without any attempts to score goals. Kiryat Shmona returned to its beautiful game that it showed in the first half. Maccabi Haifa has no control in the midfield. In the 68th minute, Yella Batay from Haifa replaces the new foreigner Nigel Lunwijk. Maccabi Haifa loses, collapses and is humiliated 0:3 to Kiryat Shmona, a huge honor for the northerners from Kiryat Shmona!
