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Hapoel's Champions League dream all but over

Hapoel Beer Sheva's Champions League qualification campaign is as good as over after the Israeli champions were hammered 5-0 by Dinamo Zagreb in the second qualifying round first leg in Croatia on Tuesday night.

July 25, 2018 09:14
Hapoel's hopes are all but over after a night to forget in Zagreb. (Photo: Twitter)

BySimon Griver

1 min read

Hapoel had little to offer as Dinamo raced to a 2-0 lead with goals by Izet Hajrovic and Mislav Orsic in the half hour.

Arijan Ardemi added a second-half brace and a late strike by Armin Hodzic effectively sealed the tie.

It was a dreadful debut for Hapoel's Greek goalkeeper Giannis Anestis, who was at fault for all five goals but Israeli manager Barak Bakhar refused to blame his new signing.

"This was a weak team performance and we showed no character. It creates a small crisis but this team has overcome bigger ones."