Hapoel Beer Sheva – Maccabi Bnei Rayna 1:2
Scorers for Be’er Sheva: Stoyanov (19), Omar (25); Lamb for Raina: Azoulay (38)
Hapoel Be’er Sheva keeps the third place from every shift. In the previous round, Hapoel Haifa lost from fourth place, and watched the gap shrink to five points. Tonight (Thursday) Eliniv Barda’s team had a difficult challenge – to beat Maccabi Bnei Rayna. But after 90 minutes, the southerners can breathe a sigh of relief. They won 1:2, maintained their home winning streak, showed good ability despite the absence of Helder Lopes, Eitan Tibi, Aden Shamir, Andre Foucault and Mariano Barreiro and increased the gap from fourth place. Benny Raina came to today’s game knowing that a win could still keep the dream of fourth place alive, but now even three wins in the three games she has left will not get her there. She can take solace in the fact that her coach, Sharon Mimer, concluded for another season.
The game started at a slow pace, but after 19 minutes the host took the lead. Imran Olad Omar recovered a ball on the edge of the box, and handed it to Yoni Stoyanov, who kicked from 25 meters straight into the net of Gad Amos, 0:1. Six minutes later, it was Omar’s turn to score. The midfielder received a ball outside the box, not far from the point from which Stoyanov kicked, and bounced it to Amos’ connections, 0:2. The Beer Sheva players discovered the weak point of Raina, who was unable to close down players outside the box, and from time to time tried their luck with a kick from a distance. In the 38th minute, Raina narrowed the score, with a goal that was a counter to her opponent’s goals. Shlomi Azoulai devoted himself with his teammates all the way to Niv Eliasi’s square, broke in, and from the left corner of the 16 square beat the goalkeeper, 1:2.
Raina also played well at the start of the second half, but in the 56th minute Olad Omran kicked a ball from 40 meters away that hit the crossbar and was deflected by Amos, changing the momentum. Beer Sheva took back control of the game, and kept the result until the end.
Hapoel Haifa – Bnei Sakhnin 2:1
scored for Haifa: Melamed (90+2); Scored for Sakhnin: Ahmed (45+3), Ben Hamo (90+5)
Bnei Sakhnin, who were hosted tonight by Hapoel Haifa, achieved their first victory after four rounds. In fact, the last time Sloboden Drapich’s team won was against Hapoel Haifa, when they won 1:2. Sakhnin won 1:2 today as well, while maintaining the good ability from the previous round, when it ended with a 1:1 against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Hapoel Haifa hoped to keep the dream of third place alive, but the dramatic loss tonight kept them away from that.
The start of the game belonged to the host, who came close to Sakhnin’s goal, but failed to score. Later the ball passed between the two sides of the field, but the players of the teams missed a lot. In the extra time of the first half, Adrian Fawn received a deep ball that crossed the Haifa defenders, he advanced to the box and stood in front of Yoav Jarafi. Fawn passed to Zahi Ahmed, who was in front of an open goal to make it 0:1.
At the start of the second half, Roni Levy made a double substitution, trying to wake up his team. Despite this, Guy Melamed missed in front of an empty net, and his team was on the sure path to defeat. Or then, in the 92nd minute, Melamed equalized the result. Itai Boganim sent a message to the striker, who shifted his body weight to his left leg, kicked a ball with his right leg that confused the Sakhnin goalkeeper, and made it 1:1. After the tie, Haifa breathed a sigh of relief, but the visitor had other plans. Itai ben Hamo shot at Jarafi’s goal after a free kick, but the VAR system disallowed the goal. After a recheck, the goal was confirmed, giving the signal for Sakhnin’s celebrations.
Top playoff
A group from a group of people.
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
32227325:6673
2 Maccabi Haifa
32217423:6968
3 Hapoel Beer Sheva
331941029:5361
4 Hapoel Haifa
331651244:4553
5 Rayna’s sons
3311101239:3643
6 Bnei Sakhnin
339141041:3240
bottom playoff
A group from a group of people.
1 Hapoel Jerusalem
311171336:3440
2 Maccabi Petah Tikva
311061555:3936
3 in Biter Jerusalem
311171336:4435
4 Maccabi Netanya
311051645:3235
5 Hapoel Hadera
31961647:2633
6 MS Ashdod
317101444:2431
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv
317101449:3430
8 Hapoel Pt
314121544:2324
