00:00...presents a real opportunity for both Hapo El-Bierseva and OFI Crete, both coming to this after back-to-back
00:07defeats, who will assert their authority this evening.
00:13The Peruvian starts through the middle with Jonas Melede and Mohamed Abu Rumi, as they look poised to try and
00:20catch their hosts on the counter perhaps.
00:22Dimitrios Nikolaou was an unused sub against Leverkusen on match day three.
00:30An Israeli side against the Greek side here in Romania is tonight the night. Hapo El-Bierseva finally for a
00:37goal kick.
00:40Well, Zahi Ahmed scored at the weekend, a loved one in the Europa League as well, I'm sure.
00:47What a heavy touch by Marciano and he could be punished here.
00:51And eventually it goes wide after hanging in the air for an age.
01:03That is Anathasiou.
01:05Tries to send one over to the far side. He can't, but it will end up there.
01:10Here's Lorenzo Dickman. In comes the shot. Oh, so close from Funtas. Anathasiou on the follow-up.
01:16Let's have a look. The plan was to get it out to this right-hand side and...
01:21Oh, was it?
01:24Couldn't see it go out of play.
01:26Abu Rumi does really well.
01:30And now it's Agurita trying to find space.
01:33Melede into Agurita.
01:36Well read though by the Creek defence.
01:38There's still numbers forward in white and red as Melede bends one.
01:41And it's watch wide by Lilo.
01:48Four Hapo El-Players currently standing in an offside position before coming back on.
01:52There's the header at goal and it's the first attempt on target of the night.
01:56Easy save for Klidman Lilo.
02:08There's Lorenzo Dickman face with Baltaxa. Not for the first time this evening.
02:15And then he's shoved over as well. So unnecessary.
02:21Apoel conceding so many cheap free kicks at the moment and perhaps their frustration just starting to show here in
02:28Gilesh.
02:44Final 30 seconds of the additional two minutes at the end of this first half.
02:49What have OFI Crete got up their sleeves?
02:54Oh, and it's almost come all the way through.
02:56And they do have the lead.
03:03They're off the bench in celebratory mood because OFI Crete are in front.
03:12They've hardly been able to test the goalkeeper Marciano tonight.
03:18But right at the end of this first half, it's Achilles Pungoras who takes the plaudits.
03:28Celebrations all around the side set up to defend and counter when they can.
03:33Forget about that.
03:34A long ball into the penalty area will do it.
03:38Well, there might be a flag for OFI Crete.
03:42And that will be the final moment of this first half.
03:48The first half in which OFI Crete have sat back.
03:50They've absorbed the Hapoel Bia Sheba pressure to this three points.
03:55Their fortunes will have completely turned around.
03:58Two defeats on the bouncer for tonight after winning their opening league phase game.
04:03I could eat that.
04:06Fawson out wide to Maleda.
04:08Danger here for OFI Crete.
04:10Oh, and Hapoel inches away from finding an equaliser.
04:16Here's Yehoshua.
04:20Ahmed.
04:22Bold running, he finds Maleda now.
04:26Maleda tries to work the angle.
04:28But the angle wasn't right.
04:34Codro stays on the floor and the referee waves play on.
04:36Here's Nuss.
04:38Bounces into Diop and manages to out-muscle his man
04:40before being tripped right on the edge of the penalty area.
04:47Well, Gibral Diop waggles his finger to indicate that he disagrees with the referee,
04:51but I think he'll see on the replay that he definitely caught Nuss.
04:56Yeah, no doubt in that, surely.
05:01Really well done, though, by Thiago Nuss.
05:05He was more often than not involved in everything good and everything bad that happened
05:10for Crete in the first 45, but...
05:13I feel like he's still got a bit of a tale to tell in this story.
05:21Certainly a tricky character.
05:28Fia Marciano will be very much aware.
05:30They conceded from a set-piece.
05:31In comes the shot.
05:32Oh!
05:34What a way to double their lead.
05:39Taxiakos Funtas with a thunderbolt.
05:47While everybody in the middle was lining up, waiting for a cross,
05:52but Taxiakos Funtas thought,
05:54forget this, I'm having a shot at goal.
05:56And boy, oh boy, was that the right decision.
06:05Well, he'd scored their only away goal in the Europa League so far before tonight,
06:10and this is significantly more emphatic.
06:15Oh, the space here for Fawcett.
06:17He'll hook it up into the middle.
06:19Where's it going to drop?
06:21It's a poor clearance.
06:22Ahmed gets a strike in.
06:24Dickman helps it further away,
06:25but Happelwell here with the bit between their teeth.
06:28If they can get an equaliser, oh, sorry, pull one back quickly.
06:37Sweeping past to Mitrahi.
06:40Lots of options in the middle here.
06:42Oh, and it comes to Zoltanovich.
06:46Nino.
06:48Now, here's the support.
06:52Nathan Asiu to Kodro.
06:55Now Andrut.
06:56Sars!
06:57Oh!
06:57It looked like it was just going to dip in beneath Marciano's crossbar.
07:01Well, the 37-year-old...
07:07Diop to Mizrahi.
07:10East.
07:11Around the corner.
07:13They're looking dangerous here.
07:14Kanaan!
07:15Gets his strike in.
07:17And again, it is straight at Klibman Lilo.
07:20Well, the bobbly pitch, I don't think, favoured them,
07:21but they had a chance there.
07:23Not just one.
07:24Not just two, but three chances to get a shot in.
07:27It's not over yet, though.
07:29It's Nuss.
07:30Back to Krismanic, who squares it for a simple tap-in,
07:34which Van Nassis and Drutzos takes with ease.
07:40Full marks as well to Krishimir Krismanic.
07:43That's the centre-back running on to the end of that one-two.
07:48Borja Gondalas is on.
07:51And the offside flag,
07:53eventually, after a two-minute check from VAR,
07:57sees the goal ruled out.
08:00Not many left in the home end now.
08:06It's another Israeli defeat.
08:08But for OFI Crete, they are back to winning ways.
