Beitar Jerusalem defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 5:1 this evening (Saturday) in Bloomfield – the first top five ever in meetings between the two – took a very big step on the way to staying in the league and no less important, at least from the point of view of its fans, brought the sworn rival very close to relegation to the national league.
The victory of MS. Ashdod over Hapoel Petah Tikva in the corresponding game, took Hapoel Tel Aviv below the red line and is no less than 3 points away from it. The Reds won’t officially go down next week anyway, but in two weeks they will host the same Ashdod in Bloomfield and then it might very well happen.
Hapoel Tel Aviv has reached 10 consecutive games without a win – all under Yossi Abuxis – and that’s how you can’t stay in the league. Symbolically, in the tenth game a historic defeat came to the team from which Aboxis came. This is the game they will remember from this season, the seal. Next year it may start a new way under a new owner, and it will probably happen in the minor league.
