The Eighth round games of the State Cup started this evening (Thursday) with three games being held at the same time. In Moked, the first representative of the Premier League, Hapoel Haifa, hosts Maccabi Ashdod, while in the battle for the purity of the National League, Hapoel Ramat Gan hosts Bnei Yehuda. In another game, Ahi Nazareth from League A North meets Maccabi Cavillio Jaffa from the national team.
Maccabi Ashdod City – Hapoel Haifa 1:1 (5:3 on penalties)
Precisely when it is in the middle of a tremendous season in the Premier League, Hapoel Haifa was almost the cause of the Cinderella of the eighth round of the Cup today. Roni Levy’s team looked bad, struggled a lot on the synthetic pitch in Ashdod and was almost eliminated against the local Ashdod City. Jan Benvanisti gave Baruch Dego’s team the lead in the 58th minute, but Itai Buganim forced overtime in the 80th minute. Luckily, the team from Carmel won 3:5 in a penalty shootout and survived a big embarrassment on the way to the round of 16.
Gate! In the 58th minute, Ironi Ashdod went up 0:1: Jan Benvanisti got to a cross that was passed from the left and kicked it in great.
Yan Benvanisti celebrates (Shahar Gross) Ashdod city players in a frenzy (Shahar Gross) Ashdod city players in a frenzy (Shahar Gross) Ashdod city players celebrate with Baruch Degu (Shahar Gross) Tomer Yosef disappointed (Shahar Gross) Naor Sebag frustrated (Shahar Gross)
Gate! In the 80th minute, Hapoel Haifa equalized to 1:1: Mohamed Kamara collected a good ball from the left wing, Itai Boganim hit from outside the area.
Itai Boganim celebrates (Shahar Gross) Ashdod city players are disappointed (Shahar Gross)
Penalties
Hapoel Haifa went up to 0:1: Oren Biton kicked to the left corner, Rotem Dahan jumped to the right corner but the ball passed under his body and went inside.
Ironi Ashdod compared to 1:1: Jan Benvanisti kicked to the right corner, Niv Entman darted to the left.
Hapoel Haifa went up to 1:2: Guy Melamed sent a flat and strong kick to the right corner.
Ironi Ashdod compared to 2:2: Eitan Komisrov sent a good kick to the left corner.
Hapoel Haifa went up to 2:3: Felipe Santos kicked up the middle, DeHaan darted to the right.
Mizrahi missed, still 2:3 to Hapoel Haifa: A Mizrahi fan kicked to the right corner, but Antman made a great save.
Hapoel Haifa went up to 2:4: Niv Tobol kicked to the right, Dahan touched the ball but the ball went in.
Urban Ashdod has reduced to 4:3: Ido Benvanishti with a good kick to the left corner.
Hapoel Haifa increased to 3:5: Mohamed Kamara kicked to the left corner, decided the penalty shootout and advanced Hapoel Haifa to the round of 16 of the State Cup.
Muhammad Kamara (Shahar Gross) Tomer Yousfi in action (Shahar Gross) Naor Sebag against Noi Haddad (Shahar Gross) Rotem Dahan (Shahar Gross) Muhammad Kamara against Amos Machloof (Shahar Gross) Roni Levy (Shahar Gross) Baruch Dego (Shahar Gross) fans Ashdod Municipal (Dawn Gross) Hapoel Haifa Fans (Dawn Gross) Ashdod Municipal Players (Dawn Gross) Hapoel Haifa Players (Dawn Gross)
Levy: “A good word is coming to Ashdod”, Dego: “Proud of the players”
Roni Levy He said at the end: “I think a good word is due for Ashdod, also for its coach Baruch Dego and for the players, they made life difficult for us. It’s fun to see players working so hard, the playing conditions were difficult. It’s good that we came back from behind, in the cup you have to go through a stage and we did.”
“The field? I felt less, the players felt. It’s a synthetic pitch, not a high-level pitch, but I said Ashdod also plays in such conditions.”
Dego said on the other hand: “Disappointing and very painful, of course this is a cup and you are playing against a crazy team like Hapoel Haifa. It’s not for nothing that they are 3rd in the Premier League. I told the players in the cup the heart works, together, it affects the game. My players did an excellent job tactically in transitions, I’m proud of them.”
Hapoel Ramat Gan – Bnei Yehuda 1:0
In a match for the purity of the National League, Bnei Yehuda managed to win and advance to the round of 16 thanks to a dramatic goal by Moti Barshatsky in the 83rd minute. The Oranges were not at their best, but the midfielder decided the game after he received the ball on the edge of the box and sent a great kick into the net. A sweet debut goal for Bershetzky in Omer Peretz’s team.
Gate! In the 83rd minute, Bnei Yehuda went up 0:1: Moti Barschatsky reached the ball and sent a huge kick out of the air from the edge of the box into the net.
Moti Barshatsky celebrates his first goal in Bnei Yehuda (Hagi Michaeli) Bnei Yehuda players celebrate with Moti Barshatsky (Hagi Michaeli) Bnei Yehuda players celebrate with Moti Barshatsky (Hagi Michaeli) Hapoel Ramat Gan players are disappointed (Hagi Michaeli) Shavit Mazel Buet (Hagi Michaeli) Guy Aviv Moser (Haggai Michaeli) Ben Gordin (Haggai Michaeli) Abubakar Barry (Haggai Michaeli) Moti Barshatsky in the fight (Haggai Michaeli) Almog Bozaglo (Haggai Michaeli) Gidi Kaniuk vs. Adji Hayford (Haggai Michaeli) Moti Barashetzky (Haggai Michaeli) Solomon Daniel (Haggai Michaeli) Omer Peretz (Haggai Michaeli) Uri Gutman (Haggai Michaeli) Hapoel Ramat Gan fans (Haggai Michaeli) Bnei Yehuda fans (Haggai Michaeli)
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth – Maccabi Cavillio Jaffa 3:1
The hot hit of the National League recorded a 13th game in a row in which it did not lose in all the frames and advanced to the round of 16. The team from League A was the first to get on the scoreboard when the never-ending Amjad Suleiman sent a great kick from distance, but Walid Darvish equalized before halftime and Gil Yitzhak added a brace in the second half.
Gate! In the 32nd minute, Ahi Nazareth went up 0:1: Amjad Suleiman raced forward and sent a great kick from outside the box into the net.
Amjad Suleiman and the players of Ahi Nazareth are celebrating (Hajaj Rahal)The players of Ahi Nazareth are celebrating (Hajaj Rahal)
Gate! In the 44th minute, Maccabi Cavillio Jaffa equalized to 1:1: Ronen broke the charge from the right wing, Walid Darvish hit a great shot in.
Walid Darvish celebrates equality (Khajaj Rahal)
Gate! In the 74th minute, Maccabi Cavillio Jaffa went up to 1:2: Ronen broke through the defense once again with an excellent ball from the right wing and Gil Yitzhak sent a great kick out of the air into the net.
Gil Yitzhak celebrates (Hajaj Rahel) Maccabi Jaffa players celebrate with Gil Yitzhak (Hajaj Rahel)
Gate! In the 90th minute, Maccabi Cavillio Jaffa went up 1:3: Niv Zarihan broke through on the right wing and sent a cross to Gil Yitzhak, who pushed inside.
Maccabi Jaffa players celebrate (Hajaj Rahal) Ahi Nazareth players are disappointed (Hajaj Rahal) Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa players and Ahi Nazareth players (Hajaj Rahal) David Marten (Hajaj Rahal) David Marten (Hajaj Aj Rahal) Maharan Lala (Hajaj Rahal) Maccabi Cavalieu Jaffa fans (Hajaj Rahal) Ahi Nazareth players (Hajaj Rahal) Maccabi Cavalieu Jaffa players (Hajaj Rahal)
